Category: WSET Level 4 Wine

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

California's central and southern wine regions demonstrate why moving south on a map doesn't always mean moving towards warmer vineyards. Pacific

British Columbia wines can surprise anyone who expects a Canadian vineyard to spend its summer shivering. The inland Okanagan can be hot and dry,

Ontario wines are often introduced with frozen grapes, tiny bottles and a very cold night. Icewine deserves that attention, but it can't explain a

New York State wines come from rather different places than the skyline might suggest. For Diploma study, the important water is usually a deep la

Washington State wines make more sense once you leave Seattle's weather out of the vineyard plan. Most of the state's wine grapes grow east of the

Oregon wines are often introduced through Willamette Valley Pinot Noir, and that's a useful place to start. It becomes less useful when the introd

Northern California wine regions become much more interesting once Napa and Sonoma stop occupying the whole map. Mendocino and Lake County offer c