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Those people who really understand good wine are conscious that wine is unlike any other beverage - you can't just whip up another batch once a vintage has depleted! Vignerons get one chance, once a year, to grow a finite number of grapes to make a limited quantity of wine. When it's gone - it's gone!  That’s why people invest small fortunes [sometimes large] on collecting wines!

Viva la Difference!!

Wine is a reflection of the terroir of a region in which wine grapes are grown. Essentially this means that the composition of soil, amount of sunlight and rain, gradient of slope, daily temperatures etc all play an integral part in determining the levels of sugar, colour and flavour components in the grapes. [To learn more about this, read the "Viticulture" pages.]

That's why Cabernet from the Médoc in France doesn't taste the same as Cabernet from Coonawarra in Australia. And that's why your Chardonnay tastes a little different this year than it did last year from the same producer. Of course wineries try to maintain the same levels of quality wine output, but good wine is ultimately about the climatic and viticultural events of a place and time, not about homogenisation!

Think about it. If that's what you wanted, then you wouldn't be reading this ... and you’d be drinking beer or cola.