what are your top 5 regions, these days?

WINE TALK
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Not necessarily the top 5 in your cellar as you may have switched gears in the last year or two…

Mine are…
1.Red Burgundy
2.Chablis and a decent amount of white Burgundy too
3. Barbaresco
4.Barolo
5. Champagne

2

Napa/Mendoza/Rioja/Valpolicela/Barolo.

3

According to CT by bottle:

Piemonte
Tuscany
Burgundy
Bordeaux
Sicily

California and the Loire are basically tied for 6th

4

Bourgogne
Champagne
Pfalz
Dry Creek Valley
Neusiedlersee Hügelland

5

Tuscany
Napa
Sonoma
Piedmont
Washington

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6

I am so unsophisticated. I used to try as many different types of wine from all over the world.

Lately, I have been focusing on a handful of varietals and California locales:
Oakley and Antioch, Contra Costa County
Santa Clara County
Sonoma Valley and Sonoma Mountain
A little RRV
Languedoc, France

7

Chablis
Burgundy (red)
Champagne
Piedmont
Mosel/Nahe

8

Top 5:

  1. Burgundy (50%)
  2. Piedmont (15%)
  3. Champagne (8%)
  4. Loire (8%)
  5. Jura (6%)
9
  1. Côte de Nuits
  2. Pomerols
  3. St Emilion
  4. Côte de Beaune
  5. Pauillac


    96.8% of my holdings are from France, only way for me to classified region.
10

Burgundy rouge - Cote de Nuits
Piedmont - both Barolo and Barbaresco
Bordeaux - mostly left bank
Mosel/Nahe

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  1. Red Burgundy
  2. Champagne
  3. Barolo
  4. Teutonic Dry Riesling (cheating, yes)
  5. Northern Rhone reds
12

Barolo
Barbaresco
Tuscany
Burgundy
German riesling in general

13

Burgundy
Barolo
Northern Rhone
Southern Rhone
Champagne

14

Muscadet
St. Joseph
Barolo
Côte Rotie
Chinon

15

Piedmont
Tuscany
Sicily
Loire
Oregon

16
  1. Mosel - Saar - Ruwer
  2. Northern California (Napa / Sonoma)
  3. Loire
  4. Douro
  5. Burgundy
17

Isn’t saying California like saying Italy?

18

Santa Cruz Mountains
Roussillon (I own a vineyard there)
Burgundy (mostly for red but still somewhat for white despite premox)
Piedmont (Nebbiolo specifically)
Carneros (Pinot Noir and to a lesser extent Chardonnay)

19

Actually, it’s worse:

California = 163,696 square miles
Italy = 116,347 square miles

California takes up 40% more area than Italy!

20

Burgundy
Rhone
Piedmont
Loire Valley
Champagne