Different occasions call for different types of wine, although discount wine tastes best of all.
Most wines are made drink and enjoy without over thinking them too much. On the other hand, there are wines that have that wow factor which are made to impress and truly for special occasions. Sitting at the beach, a little quaffer will do very nicely indeed. But then as a gift for someone who likes a good drop of red wine, a bit more care is needed. The question here is how to find a good bottle out of the crowd?
A good guide as to a wine’s quality is where to know where the grapes have been grown. Like any plant, grape vines grow poorly in some environments or areas and prosper in others. Would you eat mangoes or pineapples grown in Tasmania? Probably not which is because the climate is not right for tropical fruits.
Grape vines work in the same way where some grapes produce great wines in particular regions while others fail producing ordinary, uninspired wines. It all has to do with climate and soils but the important thing to remember is the classic grape/wine region combinations, for discount wines or dare I say, cheap wines.
The below is a few great examples of cheap wine regions to take note of, based on wine types.
Chardonnay
Regions: Beechworth, Margaret River, Adelaide Hills, Geelong, Macedon Ranges, Yarra Valley, Mornington Peninsula, Hunter Valley, Orange, Tasmania
Riesling
Regions: Clare Valley, Eden Valley, Frankland River, Canberra, Tasmania
Semillon
Regions: Hunter Valley, Margaret River, Barossa Valley
Sauvignon Blanc
Regions: Adelaide Hills, Margaret River
Shiraz
Regions: Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale, Clare Valley, Heathcote, Grampians, Pyrenees, Beechworth, Yarra Valley, Hunter Valley, Canberra
Cabernet Sauvignon
Regions: Coonawarra, McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley, Clare Valley, Margaret River, Yarra Valley
Pinot Noir
Regions: Yarra Valley, Mornington Peninsula, Geelong, Gippsland, Macedon Ranges, Beechworth, Adelaide Hills, Tasmania.
