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Western Australia is enormous, but its best-known wine country occupies a much smaller southwestern corner. That doesn't make the vineyards interc

A light, fresh Hunter Semillon and a ripe inland Chardonnay can both come from New South Wales. Victoria can put maritime Pinot Noir beside warm-r

South Australia can put generous Shiraz and tightly drawn Riesling on the same study table without a geographical contradiction. Its wine regions

South Africa's wine map gets more interesting once you leave the famous Stellenbosch-and-Swartland pairing behind. Irrigated inland valleys, eleva

South Africa's Coastal Region sounds as though every vineyard ought to come with a sea view. Plenty don't. Warm inland valleys, exposed slopes, sh

Patagonian wine doesn't need a glacier in the background to make geographical sense. Much of Argentine Patagonia's established vineyard area lies

Salta and San Juan are a useful antidote to treating Argentine wine as Mendoza with a few extra place-names. Salta brings high, arid northern vall

Mendoza is a good place to discover that a grape name can be familiar while the wine remains full of surprises. Malbec provides an obvious startin

Chile's Central Valley and southern regions offer more than a simple journey from powerful reds to delicate whites. Cabernet can change between mo

Northern and coastal Chile can make a tidy latitude rule look rather untidy. An arid northern valley may contain a cool coastal Chardonnay site, w