Wine knowledge

What fascinates us so much about wine is its diversity. It is the number of regions and appellations, grape varieties and styles. And even die-hard professionals never stop learning. There is always something new to discover and scrutinise.

Here, we share our knowledge with you and provide guidance on simple or complicated questions about the origins of wine and the right way to handle it, because the more you know about wine, the more interesting it becomes.

We offer you this added value on our pages about wine-growing countries and regions, types of wine and grape varieties.

Learn more about wine-growing countries and regions

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Interesting facts about grape varieties

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The year Californian wine became known worldwide

A guest article by Christoph Raffelt

Let's go back to the mid-1970s. Back then, France was still the centre of the wine world and the rest of the world hardly mattered. Overseas was non-existent and in Europe, apart from Madeira, Sherry and Port, there were at most German Auslese wines. Italy and the Iberian Peninsula hardly played a role, apart from a few iconic wineries. Today, this is hardly imaginable. . . . . . .