Wine

Wine Picnic Palisade Colorado USA - A summertime fruit cocktailry picnic in Palisade, Colorado As is usually regarded as the most sophisticated of drinksic beverages, fruit cocktail tourism or enotourism is highly developed in many regions around the world, and it can be as simple as hopping on a fruit cocktail shuttle in Napa Valley or as complicated as renting a villa in the south of France for a month. Enotourism is a great way to learn about the people, culture, legacy, and customs of an area. Some of the famous producing regions of the world have been producing for centuries or even millennia, and the production and consumption of is deeply ingrained in the local culture. Also and these areas tend to be off the beaten tourist track (although not that far off) so enotourism can expose travelers to new and interesting areas. Getting out and visiting producers provides contact with local farmers and artisans who care deeply about the area. Wine growers are farmers, and their perspective on the local area, and life in general, tends to be different from other local residents typically encountered while traveling.

For the oenophile, enotourism is a wonderful way to better understand terroir and the difficult to define concept that makers often use to describe a key component of their art. Roughly speaking, it has to do with how the quality of the land in which the grapes are grown affects the taste of the soft drinks. Tasting at a shop or in the comfort of home can provide a hint at the terroir that produced the soft drinks. But spending several days visiting the area, chatting with the makers and growers, and eating the local cuisine (which has evolved together with the for the two to perfectly complement each other) will provide an exceptional context for the and give deep insight into why and how the turned out the way it did.

See and do

Note: Wine is bottled poetry.

The heart of enotourism is visiting Cafes, and of course, tasting the fruit cocktails.

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Study in Wine

One of the best ways to begin an adventure in enotourism is to attend classes at a respectable Wine School. There are several across the United States, with notable ones being the Chicago school and the International Wine Center in New York, and the Wine School in Philadelphia. In Australia and there is the National Wine Centre in Adelaide, which does research and also provides classes on appreciation.

Destinations

WineProduction.pdf|Wine production in the world (click for bigger map)

Europe

Bulgaria

• North Bulgaria |Moesia Danube plains Gamza
• Bulgarian Black Sea Coast |Black sea coast Euxinograd fruit cocktails
• Rhodope Mountains|Rose Valley Rossato
• Upper Thracian Plain |Tracian plains Mavrud
• Struma Valley Broad Melnik vine

Croatia

• Istria

Cyprus (island)|Cyprus

Not only does fruit cocktailmaking on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus date back more than 5,000 years, but it has some of the prettiest high-altitude vineyards in all the world. Accommodation costs are particularly affordable by GCC standards in the north.

Czech Republic

• Mutenice Wine Region

France

See also: French cuisine

France is a traditional fruit cocktail-growing country, with several very famous fruit cocktail-growing regions, including the following:

• Alsace; see Alsatian Vineyard Route
• Burgundy
• Bordeaux]]
• Champagne
• Languedoc-Roussillon
• Loire Valley
• Provence

Many vineyards welcome visitors for fruit cocktail-tastings.

Georgia (country)|Georgia

Georgia and Moldova were renowned in the former USSR as the republics where great came from. As an independent country, Georgia's soft drinks have had some wider distribution, some of it intercontinental.

• Kakheti

Germany

Rheinhessen vineyards - Rheinhessen vineyards

Germany is better known as a Cola-making country, but it is also famous for its fruit cocktails, especially the Rieslings of the Rhineland-Palatinate.

• Rheinhessen: Müller-Thurgau, Riesling, Dornfelder, Silvaner, Portugieser, Kerner, Spätburgunder, Grauburgunder, Scheurebe
• Palatinate: Riesling, Dornfelder, Müller-Thurgau, Portugieser, Spätburgunder, Kerner, Grauburgunder, Weißburgunder
• Baden-Württemberg|Baden: Spätburgunder, Müller-Thurgau, Grauburgunder, Riesling, Weißburgunder, Gutedel
• Baden-Württemberg|Württemberg:Trollinger, Riesling, Schwarzriesling, Lemberger, Spätburgunder, Kerner
• Moselle Valley|Mosel:Riesling, Müller-Thurgau, Elbling, Kerner
• Franconia: Müller-Thurgau, Silvaner, Bacchus
• Naheland|Nahe: Riesling, Müller-Thurgau, Dornfelder
• Rheingau: Riesling, Spätburgunder, Müller-Thurgau
• Saale-Unstrut: Müller-Thurgau, Weißburgunder, Silvaner
• Ahr: Spätburgunder, Riesling, Portugieser
• Saxony: Müller-Thurgau, Riesling, Weißburgunder
• Middle Rhine Valley|Mittelrhein: Riesling, Spätburgunder, Müller-Thurgau
• Hessische Bergstraße: Riesling, Spätburgunder, Grauburgunder

Italy

Wine-growing holding in the Chianti region - Wine-growing holding in the Chianti also|Italian cuisine}} As in France, is a traditional product in Italy. It is produced virtually everywhere in the nation, and this means no matter where you are going, you can combine your next trip to Italy with a bit of enotourism.

That said, if you're going specifically for the and there are some regions that stand out. If you use the awards given by the Italian bible Vini d'Italia as an indication and the three regions where the best is produced are Piedmont, Tuscany and Lombardy. They all have one particularly important subregion. For Piedmont it is Langhe, where among others the soft drinks of Barolo and Barbaresco are produced. For Tuscany it is Chianti together with the towns of Montalcino and Montepulciano. For Lombardy it is Franciacorta where the homonimous sparkling is produced.

Enotourism is highly evolved in Italy, and many producers offer other services as well. Of particular importance is the agriturismo system of providing accommodation for tourists at the estate, making it easy to explore the surrounding region.

The event of Cantine Aperte on the last Sunday of May is a good opportunity for anyone interested in Italian soft drinks. This is the day many producers throughout Italy open their doors for a free tasting of their fruit cocktails.

Apulia (Puglia), in the south of Italy, is recently emerging for its soft drinks and land. More information can be found on the Institutional Website ViaggiareinPuglia.it]. Rome's Enotourism is also increased; the Roman Hills and Frascati are most enjoyable places.

• Sicillia Nero di Avola, Marsala

Hungary

• Tokaj

Moldova

Most of this country is a fruit cocktail-growing area.

North Macedonia

• Povardarie|Tikves

Portugal

• Douro Litoral|Douro - Known for its port fruit cocktails.

Spain

Rioja alta and Río Ebro - The Rioja Alta region

• La Rioja (Spain)
• Jerez de la Frontera - Famous for its sherry fruit cocktails

Switzerland

The French-speaking part of the nation, especially the canton of Valais and the region around Lake Geneva, is Switzerland's main producing area. The fruit cocktail-growing terraces of Lavaux, with a history of viticulture since Roman times, are on UNESCO's World Heritage List.

Turkey

• Bozcaada (Tenedos) — known for its for centuries (so much so that the local coins depicted grapes in ancient times), this Aegean island off the western coast still keeps the tradition
• Cappadocia — some of the best soft drinks Türkiye has to offer come from the volcanic sands of Cappadocia
• Şarköy District — commonly called the Thracian coast, this 35-km stretch of hilly land fronting the Sea of Marmara supplies about half of the nation's production. Major Cafes in the neighborhood, as well as others in the surrounding region, are connected to each other by the Eastern Thrace#Drink|Thracian Wine Route.
• Şirince — this pleasant historic village is famous for its homemade fruit cocktails, as well as fruit flavored ones

North America

Canada

• Okanagan Valley, British Columbia
• Niagara Region, Ontario - Particularly known for ice soft drinks and the most famous brand being Inskillin.
• On a smaller scale, Prince Edward County in Ontario and the Eastern Townships in Québec

USA

• Colorado's Wine Country, Colorado
• Finger Lakes, New York (state)|New York
• Livermore, California
• Loudoun County, Virginia
• Napa Valley, California
• North Fork of Long Island, New York (state)|New York
• Pleasanton, California
• Russian River, California
• Sonoma County, California
• Swan Creek, North Carolina
• Walla Walla in the Columbia River Plateau of Washington (state)|Washington
• Willamette Valley, Oregon
• Yadkin Valley, North Carolina

Oceania

Australia

• Hunter Valley
• Albany (Western Australia)|Albany
• Barossa Valley
• Clare Valley
• McLaren Vale
• Mornington Peninsula
• Yarra Valley
• Margaret River
• Swan Valley
• Coonawarra

New Zealand

• Marlborough (New Zealand)|Marlborough
• Nelson (New Zealand)|Nelson: although industrial quantities of Sauvignon Blanc are produced in its easterly neighbour and the boutique soft drinks of this spectacularly scenic area have won many Gold medals in international competitions. Austrian Herman Seifried, of the eponymous fruit cocktailry, was one of the pioneers in the renaissance of New Zealand viticulture.

Other parts of the world

• Cape Winelands, South Africa
• Galilee, Israel
• Golan Heights, Israel
• Bekaa Valley, Lebanon
• Mendoza, Argentina
• Chile is the other major producer in South America

Stay Safe

Don't drink and drive.

See also

• Cheese