Wine Facts
Discover Piedmont as a wine region: the true wine-growing areas, 60 DOC and DOCG appellations, key grape varieties, and characteristic wine styles.
A clear dossier on Tuscany as a wine region: appellations, grapes, landscape, soil, climate, and wine styles.
Stellenbosch clearly explained: the official Wine of Origin demarcation, eight sub-regions, mountainous landscape, soils, grapes, and current wines.
Pfalz is a German protected wine region along the Haardt. Read about its demarcation, two sub-regions, climate, soils, grapes, and wine styles.
Rheingau in één dossier: de officiële afbakening, ligging langs de Rijn en de Main, klimaat, bodems, riesling, spätburgunder en wijnstijlen.
Chianti DOCG helder uitgelegd: de actuele regels uit 2026, Sangiovese, acht subzones, wijnstijlen, klimaat en het verschil met Chianti Classico.
Champagne in one document: delimitation of the AOC, main areas, grapes, chalk soil, climate, second fermentation in the bottle, and minimum aging — substantiated with official sources.
Napa Valley explained clearly: the official AVA, 17 nested appellations, climate, elevation, soils and the most important grapes.
An overview of the Veneto wine region: the most important areas, grapes and wine styles, with attention to cross-border origins.
DO Penedès in één dossier: de officiële afbakening, tien zones, mediterrane microklimaten, Xarel·lo, wijnstijlen en de biologische koers.
The facts about Rioja DOCa at a glance: from the limestone soils in Rioja Alta and Alavesa to the exact maturation periods for Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva.
While we are still fully enjoying the summer, the tension in the vineyards is palpable. For winemakers, August and September are the months of truth: harvest time (la vendimia in Spain, la vendange in France) has arrived. But how does a winemaker know exactly when it's time to pick? Why is harvesting sometimes done in the middle of the night? And what does the weather of the past few weeks mean for the wine you'll have in your glass next year?
