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5-MINUTE WINE EXPERT PART 5: HOW TO READ AN OLD WORLD WINE LABEL with Kate Hawkings

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Most of our favourite grapes originally came from France but they’re hard to spot in French wines which, like most wines from Europe, are usually labelled according to where they’re made rather than their grape varieties. The regions are called appellations and cover general areas (Bordeaux, Burgundy, etc) as well as smaller sub-appellations known as AOCs (appellation d’origine contrôlées) which have strict rules

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