Category: WSET Level 4 Wine

New Zealand's North Island can put a structured Cabernet blend, fragrant Syrah, textured Chardonnay and carefully grown Pinot Noir on the same reg

Central Otago can look chilly enough in a photograph to make ripening grapes seem optimistic. Summer in an inland basin tells a different story: s

Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc has such a recognisable international reputation that it's tempting to treat the whole region as one enormous tasting

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