There are a great many people who consider themselves as something of a wine connoisseur these days. It usually starts of quite innocently with the enjoyment of a couple of glasses each evening, but people often get so engrossed in the wine world it becomes a real hobby. They’ve invested in a vintage collection of wine wines, they’ve converted their spare room into a storage cellar, bought a selection of different wine glasses so that they can get the maximum enjoyment of each wine variety, and have all the necessary tableware gadgets for opening and pouring their wine.

What most people do not have however are wine maps, showing exactly which regions produce which wine and at what time of the year. There have been some big leaps forward in wine map production in recent years and they are now meticulously researched.  The California wine map for example is updated every year due to the complicated layout of the area, especially after Napa Valley was officially recognized as an American Viticultural Area in 1981. In total then there are 108 AVA's in this region alone, with myriad terrains, varieties of grape and production methods.

Lots of people tend to rely on the information they can cleave from the label on the wine bottle, but if you really want to understand the wines you drink and why they each have their own unique tastes a wine map is a must. Wine regions can be quite confusing to say the least, so if you are actually going to see one for yourself, a wine map is as important to take as a wine glass. There are so many different factors that go into defining a wine's taste and lots of them overlap between various vineyards and production areas. A wine map will allow you to not only understand the wines better but also identify where the tastes and aromas coming from your wine glasses were born

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