![]() ![]() In reality, the wine regions reflect the regional differences that underlie the country borders. The one very simple thing that distinguishes these wine maps from others is that the wine regions don’t stop at the border. What makes this map different from other wine region maps? Then on to Italy, and finally, the New World! We’re working on France and Germany right now, which will be available early next year. There wasn’t a good map available (for France there are a few) 3. ![]() It’s the most dynamic (and constantly changing!) area in the wine world – but you already knew that! 2. We started with Iberia for three main reasons: 1. I asked him a few questions about how this map came about: ![]() Now, we can’t claim much in the way of contributions to this map, but we did make sure he included some important landmarks and we worked with him to make some editorial decisions on how to handle certain place names and regional identities. Smart guy! The best part for us is that he asked us to help him out. Having encountered way too many inaccurate regional wine maps around the world, Steve decided to fix the problem by making his own map. And considering that there is little consensus among differing governmental maps, it is clear that one concise and accurate map was desperately in need to be created.Įnter the DeLong wine company, creator of such treasures as the Wine Varietal Table. That said, Portugal is no better, and I have yet to find a map that accurately sums up the many nuances in a very confusing set of regional wine laws. We had to steal a few copies from a regional government’s office, and while we use them occasionally, in truth, they are worthless. I had a prominent tour guide friend of mine once ask to buy a few copies to give to her clients, all of which were on wine tours, and she was told it was not possible. Wines of Spain, the bureaucratic agency in charge of promoting Spanish wine, does have an outdated map, but you can’t get a copy of it. Interestingly, there are no good maps of the peninsula we call Iberia, or at least as it relates to wine. Seems like a simple request, and if I couldn’t have one of Iberia, at least you would think that there would be one of Spain and another of Portugal. Since day one, I’ve wanted a map of the wine regions of Spain and Portugal. ![]()
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