New World wines are those wines produced outside the traditional wine-growing areas of Europe and North Africa. It refers particularly to wines from America, South Africa, and Australasia. A glass of red wine Wine is an alcoholic beverage that is made by fermenting grapes or grape juice. ... Europe forms the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... North Africa is a region generally considered to include: Algeria Egypt Libya Mauritania Morocco Sudan Tunisia Western Sahara The Azores, Canary Islands, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Madeira are sometimes considered to be a part of North Africa. ... The following is a list of regions where wine grapes are grown and wine is made from them. ... Map of America by Jonghe, c. ... Australasia Australasia is the area that includes Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, and the many smaller islands in the vicinity, most of which are the eastern part of Indonesia. ...

New World wines are described by grape variety rather than vineyard, stereotypically riper, darker in color, fuller-bodied, smoother, fruitier and more alcoholic than traditional European products, which are more concerned with terroir and tradition. The term "New World wine" has come to describe a wine with some or all of these characteristics produced in any wine region. This is a list of varieties of cultivated grapes, whether used for wine, or eating as a Table grape, fresh or dried (raisin, currant, sultana). ... A vineyard Vineyard with bird netting Wine grapes with netting as protection against birds A vineyard (vignoble in French, vigna or vigneto in Italian, vinha in Portuguese, viña or viñedo in Spanish, Weinberg in German) is a place where grapes are grown for making wine, raisins, or table... Terroir was originally a French term in wine and coffee appreciation used to denote the special characteristics of geography that bestowed individuality upon the food product. ... The word tradition, comes from the Latin word traditio which means to hand down or to hand over. ...

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