Best Wine Producers?

Question

Who in your opinion produces the best wine?

For me its Italy for white and Italy/France for red. Cant stand S.African, Spanish and Australian.

Answer 1

Italy or New Zealand for white, Spain for reds with Argentina coming up on the rails. france for fizz, but only because I havn't tasted English fizz yet.

Answer 2

I have tried a few French and New Zealand wines but not many from the US and Italy. As I am in Australia my favourite is Australian wine - some include the very small producers such as Karra Yerta Wines and Rockford Wines (both from the Barossa Valley). I think Australia has such a varied geographical element in its wine that there is fabulous variety of all types. Enjoy what the whole world has to offer I think!

Answer 3

France has the edge on wine for all varieties. The greatest reds are Bordeaux. The classification system (1855 Medoc) ensures the quality is maintained vintage after vintage.

The whites of Burgundy, are absolutely stunning, and when you think that most are made from Chardonnay, you understand why some people consider it the greatest grape of all. Chablis, Pouilly Fousse, Montagny. The region of Montagny for example is the only region where all the wines are Grand Cru (40 different types).

Champagne, nuff said. This is without doubt the King or Queen of wines, with approx 30 Grand Marques, and most houses use 100% rated grapes, and only 3 can be used - Chardonnay; Pinot Noir; and Pinot Meunier.

Rose for most will come as a surprise as the Navarra region of Spain prides itself on their range of rosado; but for me Tavel wines of the Rhone region, albeit more expensive, have far greater structure and depth.

Answer 4

When you talk of wine producers I tend to think of Companies rather than Countries. Best Whites are from New Zealand and Italy - Cloudy Bay and Antonori respectively - as for the Reds their are some superstars coming out of Chile - and I am talking of the newer regions or perhapd Sonomo County in California.
Whatever you choose I am sure you will enjoy.

Answer 5

It depends on the grape or the blend and the style. For example, the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada produces the best of rich glyceriny Gewurztraminer but not austere ones - for those you have to go to Alsace, France. The Okanagan also produces the world's best fruity, melony, peachy pinot grigios but if you judge by flintiness those from Italy take No. 1. There is no finer Muscadet than that grown near Nantes in France; the grape just makes plonk elsewhere. etc, etc.

Answer 6

Many French producers have moved their operations to the US where there is less of a tax on their incomes.A number of those companies sell their specific grape juices to companies that sell wine making kits.

If you make your own wine, you can pretty much pick what country of origin you want the juice to come from. I usually use the California juices since they are the most reasonable in price. They have steadily increased however. They have gone up about 10 percent since last year.

I would be willing to bet in a blind taste test, these homemade California's will get confused with much higher priced wines. I have had people claim what I make is as good as any 25.00 per bottle and it generally cost me $3.50 per bottle. It is not through any skill of my own. It is that these juices are just that good.

Answer 7

Some of the best wines in the world come from Napa Valley, CA, with Sonoma county being right up there.

I have found a few Italian wines I like, but with such a wide variety of American made wines, I enjoy trying wines from across the country.

Answer 8

I like Italian wine too. But I have to admit that there are a couple of local wineries where I live that I LOVE! If you like sweet reds, try Huber's Sweet Marcella. If you like white, try Oliver Camelot Meade.
French Lick also makes good wine. (All of these wineries are in Southern Indiana.)

Answer 9

You have a problem with domestic wine?

I prefer light white wines from Germany, but nobody makes a better Catawba wine than Meier's.

Answer 10

Personnaly i like californian white wine and also french
im not a big fan of red though so i wouldnt know