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Collio

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Collio Goriziano DOC, commonly known as Collio DOC, is a designation of origin located in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region in northeastern Italy. Meaning "hillsides" in Italian, Collio refers to the a...

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Lugana

Lugana is a small Denominazione di Origine Controllata (DOC) located on the southern part of Lake Garda, between Veneto and Lombardy, in northern Italy. Their wines are made almost exclusively with th...

Apr 23, 2025 Wine Terms

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Nemea

Nemea PDO (Protected Designation of Origin), the largest red wine appellation in Greece, is located in the northeastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. It was established in 1971 to designate red w...

Apr 22, 2025 Wine Terms

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Tavel AOC

Tavel AOC (Appellation d'origine contrôlée) is a small region located in the southern part of the Rhone Valley, France, dedicated exclusively to producing rosé wines. Legend has it that during the Mid...

Apr 4, 2025 Wine Terms

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Maldonado

Maldonado is a wine growing region located in southeast Uruguay, next to the Atlantic Ocean. Vines have been planted in this area since the 1890’s but it was in the past 20 years where the industry fl...

Apr 1, 2025 Wine Terms

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Alentejo

Alentejo DOC (Denominação de Origem Controlada) is one of the largest wine producing areas in Portugal, located to the southeast of the country, on the border with Spain. Its name derives from the Tag...

Mar 21, 2025 Wine Terms

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Suisun Valley AVA

Suisun Valley is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) located southeast of Napa Valley, California. This small area, roughly 8 miles long and 3 miles wide, is well known for small, family-owned farms d...

Mar 12, 2025 Wine Terms

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Red Mountain AVA

Red Mountain is a small American Viticultural Area (AVA) located in southeast Washington State known for producing premium red wines.Vines were first planted in the region in 1975, and it is now home ...

Mar 6, 2025 Wine Terms

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Gavi DOCG

Gavi is a small town located in Piemonte in northwest Italy that is the center of production for the wine that carries its name. The area was delimitated in 1974 and awarded DOCG (Denominazione di Ori...

Feb 21, 2025 Wine Terms

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Monterrei

The Monterrei Designation of Origin is in the northwest of Spain, within the region of Galicia on the northern border of Portugal. Its wine history dates to more than two thousand years ago with the a...

Feb 18, 2025 Wine Terms

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Pouilly Fumé

Pouilly-Fumé is an Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée (AOC) located in the Loire River Valley in north-central France. The wines, made exclusively of Sauvignon Blanc , are also known as Blanc Fumé de Pou...

Feb 17, 2025 Wine Terms

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Curicó Valley

The Curicó Valley, one of the most diverse wine-growing areas in Chile, is located about 115 miles south of the capital Santiago, within the area known as the Central Valley. Its position between the ...

Feb 6, 2025 Wine Terms

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