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Newsgroups: rec.food.drink,alt.food.wine,rec.answers,alt.answers,news.answers Path: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!hecate.umd.edu!cs.umd.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!newsgate.duke.edu!nntprelay.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!ix.netcom.com!bradb From: bradb@netcom.com (Brad) Subject: Wine (the beverage) FAQ, part9 of 10 [LONG] Message-ID: <bradbEH4x7v.9Ho@netcom.com> Followup-To: rec.food.drink,alt.food.wine Summary: A 10 part FAQ on the beverage wine with various asides Organization: California Wine FAQs Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 21:33:31 GMT Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.EDU Lines: 518 Sender: bradb@netcom8.netcom.com Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu rec.food.drink:41704 alt.food.wine:30258 rec.answers:34486 alt.answers:29404 news.answers:113848 Archive-name: wine-faq/part9 Posting-Frequency: monthly Copyright: (c) 1995-97 Bradford S. Brown (Notices/Disclaimers in pt. 10) Last-modified: 1997/08/26 U.S. WWW (HTML) Mirror: http://www.sbwines.com/usenet_winefaq U.K. WWW (HTML) Mirror: http://www.bath.ac.uk/~su3ws/wine-faq/wine-faq.html XII. TOURING THE WINE COUNTRY ------------------------------------------------------------------------- We might give up before we start, but for now, we'll have a lot of reserved. Touring the wine country is a personal adventure. Everybody has their own impressions as to what they like and how they like to do it. Initially we provided WWW links to various tourist sites, but with the explosion of the WWW, there is no keeping up. Instead, check the Internet Resources section for hints on where to start in finding your particular interests. _CANADA_ _Niagara Peninsula_ You may wish to tour the wineries of the Niagara Peninsula in southern Ontario. After visiting the famous Falls, the Wine Route can provide an interesting summer afternoon drive. One end is on the Niagara Parkway, between Queenston Heights and Niagara-on-the-Lake, and it wanders through the vineyards and orchards to the Niagara Bench area and the town of Grimsby. It passes near about 25 wineries. The route, not counting stops, takes 2-3 hours to drive. Coach tours are available. Most of the wineries provide free tastings. However, if you want to try Ontario's famous Eiswein (icewine) you will probably have to pay a little - it's too expensive to give away. _Okanagan Valley_ Located west of the Canadian Rockies in the southeastern part of British Columbia, the Okanagan Similkameen area contains a number of wineries. The Okanagan Valley, similar in latitude to German wine growing regions has produced grapes since the 1800's, however in the 1970's a series of major replantings with the hopes of transforming the area into a world-class wine growing area, with over 25 wineries currently in operation. Fruit stands are frequent along the highways which pass by scenic lakes. Some wineries co-exist with new homes. The Similkameen high desert valley runs along the Similkameen River in the Cascade Mountains and is a much more recent addition the list of wine producing areas. A large number of wine related events take place throughout the year. A tourism guide is available from the Okanagan Similkameen Tourism Association of British Columbia, which you can also probably get from the British Columbia Tourism people by phone (check your local listings). _FRANCE_ Okay. We've never been to France. There are enough books and tourist guides to fill a library. But if anybody has anything specific they would like to add, let us know. So far we've heard: A railway trip follows the "wine route" through the Moselle valley, with impressive views of the area. _UNITED STATES OF AMERICA_ _California_ _*Central Coast*_ Centered more or less between Solvang/Buellton and Santa Maria, the Central Coast has, in recent times, begun to produce a great deal of extremely good wine. Given that the Mondavi family of Napa has recently come in and bought up a lot of the best acreage, it is clear that what is coming from the area is not without some very large potential! Many people like to stay in either Santa Barbara (and drive the 45 minutes or so to the southern wine areas), or in and around Solvang, a town that tries to look a bit like (so I'm told) a small Danish town, down to a windmill on top of the most famous Danish pastry shop in town. Because there are a number of very small producers without tasting rooms, there are several wine tasting rooms which, for a small fee, will let you sample a large number of the area's wines that you could not otherwise taste. One such room is the _*Los Olivos Tasting Room *_in the center of the small town of Los Olivos (about 10 minutes north of Solvang). Another (run by a local wine writer), is the _*Los Olivos Wine and Spirits Emporium*_, located about a mile west of the center of Los Olivos (web site [http://www.sbwines.com] : http://www.sbwines.com). (Netizens may like the "wine glass stained" mouse pads offered there; we're using one "as we speak.") _*Gold Country*_ [Reserved.] _*Mendocino*_ [Reserved.] _*Napa*_ When most people first think of where the wine country in California is, they probaby first think of Napa. About an hour's drive (when you are lucky) north of San Francisco, the wine boom of the last 30 or so years has transformed the area's farms and farmers. World class fine wines are produced here by family farmers, wine barons and multi-national corporations, just to name a few. Wines to fit every taste and every pocketbook can be found at almost every turn. So far as touring the area, the first thing many people think of is "expensive." While a vacation in a wine area might not be as costly as some resort packages, the Napa area has experienced such a huge tourist influx that the cost of lodging and food (both of which can be extremely good) have risen rapidly. Our travels have shown us that a higher percentage of wineries charge for tasting in Napa than in any other area we have visited. In any event, you can be treated to some of the finest dining anywhere in establishments that, as often as not, provide reasonably priced wines from local producers. Many wineries have beautiful areas in which to picnic, and you can get food from some of the wineries (and, of course, if you want, wine), or provide your own from markets, bakeries and deli's in the area, especially along or just off of Highway 29. For those who are interested, there are also balloon rides, sail planes, resorts, mud baths, a wine "train" and even a gondola ride to get you to a winery (at a price). Of course another cost of all these tourist attractions is that there are a lot of tourists. The crowds can be a bit overwhelming at times. It is best to plan for off-peak periods and mid-week visits if you want to avoid some of the herds. _*Paso Robles*_ [Reserved.] _*Sonoma*_ North of San Francisco and west over the hills from Napa lies Sonoma County. Where Napa is glitz and glamor, Sonoma seems to be more "down home." Perhaps this is an illusion as big companies take over more and more acreage, but there are still lots of smaller wineries making world class wine in an agricultural setting. The area is bigger than Napa and since it is more spread out, it isn't quite the tourist attraction, nor does it have quite the "trendiness." There aren't as many "upscale" restaurants (but there are some; we've tried and liked, for example, _*Mixx*_ in Santa Rosa, _*John Ash & Co.*_ just north of Santa Rosa and the _*Willowside Cafe *_somewhat west of Santa Rosa._* *_There is wine that is just as good and the crowds are smaller. If you want a bit more of the tourist feeling, stay in and around the city of Sonoma, otherwise, the city of Santa Rosa is a good base. You can even cross over the hills and spend some time in Napa. If you think we're putting Sonoma down, don't. We don't want to let a good thing out of the bag. We spend much more time in Sonoma when we're up that way. _*Temecula*_ [Reserved.] XIII. MISCELLANY --------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTING WINE _*Into the United States*_ I've not checked the following information. Check with Customs! Posts indicate: You are allowed to bring into the U.S. some amount of liquor duty free. After that, 10% flat rate for the first $1000 above the $400 duty free limit (for most other items) allowed. You must carry the wine with you. Mailing/shipping it back requires an importer, and some say it will disappear in any event. _KOSHER WINE_ When I think of Kosher wine, I think of Mogan David. Most of those wines are sweetened and some use artificial flavors. Posts have spoken of other producers: + Carmel + Baron Herzog (California) + Gan Eden (California) + Galil (Israel) + Golan Heights (Golan Heights) + Royal Kedem (Israel) + Weinstock (California) _MAKING YOUR OWN WINE_ Definitely something that can be done, but far afield from our experience. Some of the best wine we've drunk is from home winemakers, and many commercial winemakers got their start making wine at home. There are a great number of cyberspace resources in this area, including a FAQ on winemaking and a FAQ on winemaking resources. Check out: _*Usenet*_: rec.crafts.wine-making _*World Wide Web:*_ Don Buchan's Wine Guide Page [http://www.cam.org/~malak/guide] at http://www.cam.org/~malak/guide with links to his FAQs on making wine and internet wine-making resources, as well as information on wine-making kits, recipes, etc. See additional sites as listed in the "Winemaking" section of Appendix A. _*E-mail*_: Don Buchan [malak@cam.org] is at malak@cam.org. _*FTP:*_ rtfm.mit.edu (all FAQs) _*Gopher:*_ gopher.physics.utoronto.ca (all FAQ's via rtfm.mit.edu) _PAN-GALACTIC GARGLE BLASTER_ While I wouldn't bet that there is any wine in a Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster, who knows? Check with Zaphod Beeblebrox. _RECIPES_ _*Wine Coolers*_ Two bottles red wine (don't spend a lot!). 1 container frozen orange juice concentrate. Several cinnamon sticks several whole cloves. (I've never made this....) Chill and serve in a punch bowl with strawberries on top. Add soda water for a weaker concoction. _SHIPPING_ If you are shipping wine, take note that many wineries will hold off shipment to accommodate either your schedule or the weather. You probably don't want your wine sitting around a very hot loading dock in the middle of summer. Check Appendix A for some URL's discussing legal aspects of wine and the shipping of wine. Some states do not allow shipping into their jurisdiction. Why? Alternate theories include morals and/or tax revenues. _ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- APPENDIX A. WINE BOOKMARK LIST (in HTML) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following is a sub-set of Dean Turdor's Wines, Beers and Spirits of the Net [http://www.acs.ryerson.ca/~journal/wine.html] , removing most of the non-wine links. Thanks to Mssr. Tudor for his permission to use his list. For a complete and current copy of his list, go to http://www.acs.ryerson.ca/~journal/wine.html. The following listing was created in July, 1997. TO MAKE THIS WORK, YOU MUST CUT AND PASTE FROM PARTS 9 AND 10, STARTING WITH THE WORD "HTML" IN BRACKETS AND ENDING WITH "/HTML" IN BRACKETS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- <HTML> <BODY> <H3>USENET/NETNEWS GROUPS:</H3> <UL> <LI><A HREF="news:alt.alcohol">alt.alcohol</A> <LI><A HREF="news:alt.bacchus">alt.bacchus</A> <LI><A HREF="news:alt.food.wine">alt.food.wine</A> <LI><A HREF="news:francom.biere-et-vins">francom.biere-et-vins</A> <LI><A HREF="news:rec.crafts.winemaking">rec.crafts.winemaking</A> <LI><A HREF="news:rec.food.drink">rec.food.drink</A> (covers all beverages, including non-alcoholic; archived at Grapevine (http://www.terra.net/grapevine) <LI><a href="news:uk.food+drink.misc">uk.food+drink.misc</a> </UL><P> <H3>MAILING LIST DISCUSSION GROUPS:</H3> <UL> <LI><A HREF="mailto:canwine-request@his.com">CANWINE</A> -- for Canadian wines <LI><a href="mailto:listserv@mail.orst.edu">ENOLOGY</a> -- science of enology <LI><A HREF="mailto:listserv@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu">FOODWINE</A> -- for mostly food and some wine <LI><a href="mailto:majordomo@speakeasy.org">NW-WINE</a> -- for Pacific Northwest wines <LI><a href="mailto:majordomo@nzwine.com">NZWINE</a> -- for New Zealand wines <LI><A HREF="mailto:ozwine-request@gospel.iinet.net.au">OZWINE</A> -- for Australian and New Zealand wines <LI><a href="mailto:listserv@mail.orst.edu">VITICULTURE</a> -- science of viticulture <LI><A HREF="mailto:wine-request@halisp.net">WINE</A> -- general discussion <LI><A HREF="mailto:listserv@vax.rhbnc.ac.uk">WINE-INFO</a> </UL><P> <H3>FTP URLs:</H3> <UL> <LI><a href="ftp://atf.ustreas.gov/">ATF File Service</a> <LI><a href="ftp://ftp.netins.net/showcase/fujipub">Wines Online for Windows</a> </UL> <H3>WORLD-WIDE WEB (WWW) URLs:</H3> <UL> <B>a) Wines:</B> <UL> <B>Reference Materials:</B> <UL> <LI><a href="http://metcon.met.co.nz/nwfc/beard/www/wine_glossary.html">Winetasting Glossary</a> <LI><a href="http://www.iglou.com/why/vocab.htm">Wine Tasting Dictionary (Garr)</a> <LI><a href="http://www.cat.pdx.edu/~timt/vlib/wine.cgi">WWW Virtual Library: Wine</a> <LI><a href="http://www.winevin.com/wine.html">Wine Encyclopedia on the Web</a> <LI><a href="http://www.rahul.net/kpapai/wine.html">Ken Papai's World of Wine</a> <LI><a href="http://www.isgnet.com/ogwa/">Organic Grapes Into Wine Alliance</a> <LI><a href="http://wineserver.ucdavis.edu/WAW.jpg">Wine Aroma Wheel (Prof. Noble)</a> <LI><a href="http://www.vicon.net/~aws">American Wine Society</a> <LI><a href="http://wine.gurus.com/">Society of Wine Educators</a> <LI><a href="http://www.winebase.com.au/aswe">Australian Society of Wine Education</a> <LI><a href="http://www.dailywine.com">DailyWine Review</a> <LI><a href="http://www.sbwines.com/usenet_winefaq">Brad's Wine FAQ</a> <LI><a href="http://wineratings.com">Smart Wine Wine Review Database</a> <LI><a href="http://www.wset.co.uk">Wine & Spirit Education Trust (UK)</a> <LI><a href="http://www.terra.net/grapevine">Grapevine</a> <LI><a href="http://www.veronafiere.it/slowines">Slow Food Guide to Wines of the World</a> <LI><a href="http://www.iglou.com/why/wine.html">Robin Garr's Wine Lovers' Page</a> <LI><a href="http://www.pcix.com/wine/index.html">Bruce's Wine Pages</a> <LI><a href="http://www.ward.com/wine/sgc.htm">Sommelier Guild of Canada</a> <LI><a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~breck/WineBoob/wineboob.html">Wine Boob Reviews</a> <LI><a href="http://www.ida.liu.se/~esafa/wine/wine.html">Falkenroth Wine Page</a> <LI><a href="http://samwise.ceri.memphis.edu/~davis/wine/">Seismo-Zombie Wine Page</a> <LI><a href="http://www.winelaw.org">WineLaw: US Legal and Compliance Information</a> <LI><a href="http://www.valuenet.com/winery-winos/winos.html">Wine Information Network Online Service: Wine Competitions Results</a> <LI><a href="http://wineserver.ucdavis.edu/asev/asev1.html">American Society for Enology & Viticulture</a> <LI><a href="http://www.stratsplace.com/labels.html">Wine Labels</a> <LI><a href="http://www.arcs.ac.at/users/wk/wine/aev/aev.html">More Wine Labels</a> <LI><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Drinks/">Yahoo Wine Links</a> <LI><a href="http://cfa160.harvard.edu/winepage/wp.html">Harvard-Smithsonian CfA Wine Page</a> <LI><a href="http://www.ensta.fr/~oinos">ENSTA Club Oenologie Francois Rabelais</a> <LI><a href="http://www2.sbbs.se/hp/buxrud/iwfs.htm">International Wine and Food Society</a> <LI><a href="http://cgswww.adl.hort.csiro.au/">CSIRO Grapevine Server, Australia</a> <LI><a href="http://www.csu.edu.au/research/rpcgwr/winery.htm">Charles Sturt Univ., Australia</a> <LI><a href="http://wineserver.ucdavis.edu">UC Davis Dept. of Viticulture & Enology</a> <LI><a href="http://aruba.nysaes.cornell.edu/fst/market/enology.html">Cornell/NYSAES Enology Research & Extension</a> <LI><a href="http://www.brocku.ca/ccovi/cvi_idx.html">Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute (Niagara, Canada)</a> <LI><a href="http://www.webcom.com/reeduk/wine/">Hugh Johnson's all-about-wine page</a> <LI><a href="http://gnn.com/gnn/meta/food/columns/thompson/index.html">World Wide Wines, with Bob Thompson</a> <LI><a href="http://www.wdn.com/ems/rack/mdwine.htm">Wines, Vineyards, and Wineries</a> <LI><a href="http://www.xs4all.nl/~wincoop/Winepage/Winepage.htm">Winelovers Page (Wincoop)</a> <LI><a href="http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~broudy/whines.html">Whine Page</a> <LI><a href="http://www.bpe.com/drinks/wine/vchoice/index.html">Vintners Club Tastings</a> <LI><a href="http://www.synapse.net/~wine/">Glen's Winery Page</a> <LI><a href="http://www.winebiz.com/stoxsum.html">US Wine Stocks Summary Page</a> <LI><a href="http://www.winestats.com">US Wine Stats</a> <LI><a href="http://www.community.net/~boulden/">Brian's Wine Page</a> <LI><a href="http://www.winebiz.com/regions.html">Wine Regions of the World</a> <LI><a href="http://www.winebiz.com/winery.html">Wineries on the Web</a> <LI><a href="http://www.aoweb.com/auctionanalysis.html">Wine Auction Analysis</a> <LI><a href="http://www.winebid.com">Wine Auctions: winebid.com</a> <LI><a href="http://www.aoweb.com/wine.html">Artisans on Web -- Wine</a> </UL> <B>E-zines and Magazines:</B> <UL> <LI><a href="http://www.winespectator.com">Wine Spectator</a> <LI><a href="http://wineguide.com/decanter">Decanter Magazine (TOC only)</a> <LI><a href="http://www.harpers-wine.com">Harpers Wine & Spirits Weekly</a> <LI><a href="http://www.wines.com/vwm-online/homepage.html">Vineyard and Winery Management</a> <LI><a href="http://www.2way.com/food/wine">American Wine Monthly</a> <LI><a href="http://www.winedine.co.uk/">Wine & Dine e-zine</a> <LI><a href="http://smartwine.com">Smart Wine</a> <LI><a href="http://www.winebiz.com">Wine Business Monthly</a> <LI><a href="http://www.winery.com/winex">Wine X Magazine</a> <LI><a href="http://www.winery.com/thewinenews/">Wine News Magazine</a> <LI><a href="http://www.wines.com/winetrader/winetrader.html">Wine Trade Magazine Online</a> <LI><a href="http://www.wines.com/winepress/mead/mead.html">Mead on Wine</a> <LI><a href="http://www.winetitles.com.au">Winetitles, Australia (publication)</a> <LI><a href="http://www.winetitles.com.au/ajgwr.html">Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research</a> <LI><a href="http://www.winetitles.com.au/wij/wij.html">Australian and New Zealand Wine Industry Journal</a> <LI><a href="http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/vinnytt">VinNytt: Wine Newsletter</a> <LI><a href="http://pages.prodigy.com/squires/marksq.htm">Mark Squires' E-zine on Wine</a> <LI><a href="http://www.scvnet.com/~jkolesar">Wine Country Review Magazine</a> <LI><a href="http://www.winellc.com">Wine Interactive News Exchange</a> <LI><a href="http://www.wineauthority.com">Wine Authority (magazine)</a> <LI><a href="http://www.ottawacitizen.com/wineguide/wine.html">Peter Ward's Wine Guide (Ottawa Citizen)</a> <LI><a href="http://www.ryerson.ca/~dtudor/www.htm">World Wine Watch Online</a> <LI><a href="http://www.wineenthusiast.com">Wine Enthusiast magazine</a> <LI><a href="http://www.cameronpub.com">Cameron Publications (hospitality trade)</a> <LI><a href="http://members.aol.com/TOKYOWN/WEBSITE">Tokyo Wine News (ezine)</a> <LI><a href="http://www.silcom.com/~wdiary">WineDiary</a> <LI><a href="http://www.singertech.com/winezine">WineZine</a> </UL> <B>General Materials:</B> <UL> <LI><a href="http://www.wines.com/">Wines on the Internet</a> <LI><a href="http://www.wineweb.com">WineWeb</a> <LI><a href="http://www.intervin.com/">Intervin Wine Competition</a> <LI><a href="http://www.llbo.on.ca/">Liquor Licence Board of Ontario</a> <LI><a href="http://www.wp.com/LFOW/">Lawyer Friends of Wine</a> <LI><a href="http://dot.dot.on.ca/winetasters/">Winetasters Society of Toronto</a> <LI><a href="http://www.synapse.net/~wine/saw.htm">Society for American Wine, Ottawa Chapter</a> <LI><a href="http://www.interlog.com/~sfaw">Society for American Wines, Toronto Chapter</a> <LI><a href="http://www.winetitles.com.au/classicwine.html">Classic Wine Investors</a> <LI><a href="http://www.bath.ac.uk/~su3ws/home.html">Bath Univ Students Wine Soc.</a> <LI><a href="http://www.wine.brats.org">Wine B.R.A.T.S</a> <LI><a href="http://www2.dk-oline.dk/users/olivei_m/spark.htm">Sparkling Wines</a> <LI><a href="http://dsokolin.com">Sokolin's Wine Wealth Health Page</a> <LI><a href="http://frenchparadox.com/">French Paradox</a> <LI><a href="http://www.infohaus.com/access/by-seller/Wine_Tips_Online">Wine Tips Online</a> <LI><a href="http://www.inform.dk/users/pip8/iwg.htm">Internet Wine Guide</a> <LI><a href="http://www.hub.ofthe.net/~winestwd/virtual.htm">Virtual Wine Tasting</a> <LI><a href="http://www.delphic.co.nz/~kerry/tasting">Virtual Tasting Page</a> <LI><a href="http://www.virtualvin.com">Virtual Vineyards</a> <LI><a href="http://wine.com">Wine.Com</a> <LI><a href="http://www.sextans.com/smsaq">Selections Mondiales, Montreal PQ</a> <LI><a href="http://www.winecoco.com">Wine Country Connection</a> <LI><a href="http://www.interaxus.com/pages/wine.html">Interaxus Wine</a> <LI><a href="http://www.sentex.net/~bacchus">Making Wine (video)</a> <LI><a href="http://www.taponline.com/cork/CS.html"">Corkscrew Pages</a> <LI><a href="http://members.aol.com/corkskrue/index.htm">Corkscrew Directory</a> </UL> <B>Old World Wines (generally):</B> <UL> <LI><a href="http://sol.brunel.ac.uk/~richards/wine/start.htm">Vineyards of England and Wales</a> <LI><a href="http://www.ulysses.it">Italian Internet Winery</a> <LI><a href="http://www.agriline.it/wol/wol_eng/Default.htm">Italian Wine Online</a> <LI><a href="http://www.easynet.it/giv">Gruppo Italiano Vini</a> <LI><a href="http://www.chiantinet.it/mtv/">Movimento Turismo del Vino (Italy)</a> <LI><a href="http://www.regione.piemonte.it/agri/pie_vin.html">Piedmont Wines</a> <LI><a href="http://www.medianet.it/prosecco">Prosecco Wines (Italy)</a> <LI><a href="http://www.avignonesi.it/address.htm">Avignonesi (Tuscany)</a> <LI><a href="http://www.nettuno.it/telemaco/antinori/ant01.htm">Marchesi Antinori</a> <LI><a href="http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Bernie_Kilkelly/">Italian Veneto & Tuscan Wines</a> <LI><a href="http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/marcolc/">Marco's Italian Wines</a> <LI><a href="http://gutenberg.com/~masi">Masi Winery, Italy</a> <LI><a href="http://www.interware.it/themall/venturini/vini_e.html">Venturini Farmyard Estate, Italy</a> <LI><a href="http://www.vol.it/bolla/English/Welcome.html">Bolla</a> <LI><a href="http://www.fontanacandida.com/">Fontana Candida</a> <LI><a href="http://wines.com/alfieri/alfieri.html">Marquis Alfieri wines (Piedmont)</a> <LI><a href="http://www.cadvision.com/tallya/">Tallya Estate Winery</a> <LI><a href="http://www.sienanet.it/rocca/welceng.htm">Rocca della Macie (Chianti)</a> <LI><a href="http://www.pannonia.com/wine">Vineyards of Pannonia</a> <LI><a href="http://www.golanwines.co.il/">Golan Heights Winery (Israel)</a> <LI><a href="http://cioccolato.tinet.ch/valswine/vals_e.htm">Valsangiacomo 1831 (Swiss)</a> <LI><a href="http://www.worldcom.ch/business/ptardy/patpage.html">Domaine des Isles (Switzerland)</a> <LI><a href="http://www.mworld.fr/avf/english/index.htm">Aux Vins de France</a> <LI><a href="http://www.vinexpo.fr">Vinexpo (Bordeaux)</a> <LI><a href="http://www.vinternet.fr/index.en.html">Vinternet French Wines</a> <LI><a href="http://www.wines-france.com/indexE.html">French Wines</a> <LI><a href="http://www.veuve-clicquot.fr">Veuve Clicquot</a> <LI><a href="http://www.piper.heidsieck.com">Piper Heidsieck</a> <LI><a href="http://www.moet.com">Moet & Chandon Champagne</a> <LI><a href="http://www.lafite.com">Ch.Lafite</a> <LI><a href="http://haut-brion.com/chb/index.shtml">Chateau Haut-Brion</a> <LI><a href="http://www.behindthevine.com">Vineyard in Burgundy</a> <LI><a href="http://www.drouhin.com">J. Drouhin (Burgundy)</a> <LI><a href="http://www.beaune.com">Hospices de Beaune</a> <LI><a href="http://www.LouisLatour.com">Louis Latour (Burgundy)</a> <LI><a href="http://www.aoc-france.com/gbcarte.html">Loire Valley Wines</a> <LI><a href="http://www.vinternet.fr/hugel/index.en.html">Hugel (Alsace)</a> <LI><a href="http://www.chato9pape.enprovence.com/">Chateauneuf-du-Pape</a> <LI><a href="http://www.beaurenard.enprovence.com">Dom. de Beaurenard (Rhone)</a> <LI><a href="http://www.bordeaux.com">Bordeaux Wines</a> <LI><a href="http://www.riviera.fr/wines.htm">Wines of the French Riviera</a> <LI><a href="http://www.burgcellar.com">Burgundy Cellar</a> <LI><a href="http://users.aol.com/cbastide/southwest/southwest.html">Wines of Southwest France</a> <LI><a href="http://www.eurobev.com/french.html">French Wines</a> <LI><a href="http://www.frenchwinesfood.com/">Food and Wines from France</a> <LI><a href="http://autre-regard.alienor.fr/english/index.html">Autre-Regard (French organic wines)</a> <LI><a href="http://206.86.225.15/vino">Spanish Wine Page (US Mirror Site)</a> <LI><a href="http://www.filewine.es/entry.html">Spanish Wine Guide (includes sherry)</a> <LI><a href="http://www.ddnet.es/vinos/entryeng.html">Interwines Guide to Spain</a> <LI><a href="http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/masrabassa">Mas Rabassa, Spain</a> <LI><a href="http://www.cinet.fcr.es/CinetSpace/Freixenet">Freixenet Cava</a> <LI><a href="http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/cune">CUNE Winery (Spain)</a> <LI><a href="http://www.argonet.es/martin_codax/inicioI.html">Bodegas de Vilariqo-Cambados</a> <LI><a href="http://vino.eunet.es/rioja_alta">La Rioja Alta</a> <LI><a href="http://www.asertel.es/codorniu">Codorniu Cava</a> <LI><a href="http://www.torres.es">Bodegas Torres</a> <LI><a href="http://winevin.com/portugay.html">Portugal Wine Regions</a> <LI><a href="http://www2.dk-online.dk/users/olivei_m/port.htm">Port Page</a> <LI><a href="http://www.port.croft.co.uk">Croft Port</a> <LI><a href="http://www.wildfire.com/~ag/portwine">Port Wine</a> <LI><a href="http://home.t-online.de/home/Jordan-Wein/e_index.htm">Jordan and Jordan (German winery)</a> <LI><a href="http://zeus3.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/wwwboard">Die Palz (German wines, in German)</a> <LI><a href="http://www.wein.de">German Wine</a> <LI><a href="http://schlossadler.com/guide">German Wine Guide</a> <LI><a href="http://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/~peru/german_wine.html">Peter Ruhrberg's German Wine Page</a> <LI><a href="http://www.fsz.bme.hu/hungary/cuisine/beverages.html">Hungarian wines</a> <LI><a href="http://www.isys.hu/wine/wine_e.html">More Hungarian Wines (La boutique des vins)</a> <LI><a href="http://spike.fa.gau.hu/dep/kerteszet/a_bp00.htm">Tokaj Wine Region</a> <LI><a href="http://www.austrian.wine.co.at/wine/eindex.htm">Austrian Wines</a> <LI><a href="http://www.verbinden.com/Carnuntum/Netzl/eindex.htm">Weingut Netzl (Austria)</a> <LI><a href="http://www.wine.ch/">The Swiss Wine Page</a> <LI><a href="http://www.etmn.cifom.ch/~nickj/Engl_OVN.html">Neuchatel-Switzerland Wine History</a> <LI><a href="http://www.man.torun.pl/~vinpol">Vinpol, Poland</a> <LI><a href="http://w4u.eexi.gr/~oinos/ENPAGE.HTM">Greek Wine Page</a> <LI><a href="http://tjev.tel.fer.hr/wine">Croatian wines</a> <LI><a href="http://www.vintners.com">Bulgarian Wines</a> <LI><a href="http://www.cybergate.net/~bramsak/wine/jramhome.htm">Slovenian wines</a> <LI><a href="http://www.ijs.si/wine_uvod.html">Slovenian Wines</a> <LI><a href="http://www.sanet.ge/wine/index.html">Georgian Wine on the Internet</a> <LI><a href="http://www.net1066.co.uk/ADVERTS/TAYLOR/taylor.htm">Carr Taylor Vineyards and Winery, UK</a> -- 
