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Good wine sites on the Web
(listed
alphabetically; each link opens in a new window)
The following are a
few of our most frequently visited sites; if you'd like to suggest one, let
us know at info@newfrancewine.net
Bordeaux
Central: An amateur group of international wine enthusiasts who share
tasting notes and other experiences. With more than 400 selected links to
wine information sites and retailers around the world.
DamnGoodWine:
Amateur site with reviews, education, and more
Decanter Magazine: Britain's best wine magazine, with a
good amount of content online.
Elite wine: A well-written French/English site with
industry news, vineyard profiles, interviews, and articles of interest to
amateurs and professionals.
Enjoying Viognier:
We love sites devoted to niche grapes!
Epicurious
Wine Dictionary: Surprisingly comprehensive and informative
Free the Grapes: A
consumer action site working to get archaic wine-distribution regulations
repealed.
German
Wine Institute: A nonprofit site providing first-class information and background
knowledge about German wine, as well as daily news.
How to taste and serve
wine: If you're curious about what glasses go with what wine, or just
looking for new terms to describe what you're tasting, this site is a good
resource.
ItalianMade:
The official site of the food and wine of Italy, offering a good primer on
the different winegrowing regions.
Port Wine Institute:
Port's official governing body
Rhone Rangers: A
nonprofit, educational organization, established to provide information and
understanding of American-grown Rhone wine grapes and wines
produced from those grapes.
Robert
Parker's Wine Vintage Chart: Most of this site requires a subscription,
but the free vintage chart offers Parker's ratings on recent vintages from
around the world.
Pronouncing
Wine Terms: A nice audio guide to help you with tongue-twisting wine
words.
Platter
(South African wine): the definitive guide to South African wine, with
comprehensive ratings and reviews
Jancis Robinson:
the personal site of one of the best wine writers and reviewers around.
Second Harvest
Books: Specializes in used and hard-to-find wine books
Spanish
wine: A commercial site, but one with an excellent store of information
on Spanish wine history and appellations
Wine
Directories.com: An easy-to-search directory of wineries around the
world.
Wine Lover's Page:
One of the oldest and best amateur sites on the Web offers a wealth of
information, ranging from articles and reviews to discussion forums and a
glossary of wine terms and grapes
Wine Pages: Amateur
British site, very similar in content to the Wine Lover's Page
TheWineman.com: Wine
news and information around the world
Zinfandel Advocates and
Producers: ZAP is a nonprofit group of Zin lovers and winegrowers in
support of this American grape.
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