What are the main differences between old world style wines and new world style wines? – Episode #13
Mar 17
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Today’s question is from Matthieu in Montpellier who asks “What are the main differences between old world style wines and new world style wines?”.
Video sum up
The first difference is from a geographic point of view:
- Old World wine comes from Old World, ie Europe (France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria…)
- New World wine comes from New World, ie America, South Africa, Australia, the USA…
Historically, wine has been produced for hundreds of years in Europe whereas in the USA and other regions it has been for a shorter period of time.
Finally, as far as the taste is concerned:
- New World wine are more exotic, have more alcohol and are typically grown in hot weather (which result in a higher concentration of fruit)
- Old world wine are perhaps more refined and delicate
Most often when people speak about new world wine they think about flashier, bigger and more flamboyant than old world wine.
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