Thursday, October 8, 2009

WINE REGION MAPS - the best national sites



G'day wine lovers


This site enables you to visit the wineries of the world, seeing their regional locations mapped on the following websites which are more than mere directories. 


In 2002 we began the research travelling the highways, country roads and goat tracks of Australia and, through a love of wine, persevered until we precisely located and mapped the country's vineyards and launched the searchable database delivering regional wine maps in mid-2009. 


We look forward to engaging with wine consumers and wine information providers to catalogue the world's best wine tourism websites.


Cheers
Dick Friend, 
for VineFinders.
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BEST–OF–BREED


5,000 Vineyards, Cellar Doors & Wineries in 84 Australian wine regions have been ground-truthed by visiting and recording their precise locations. Searchable by name, region, town, postcode, and/or the 190 grape varieties planted, VineFinders also offers route-planning, eating & accommodation options, and turn-by-turn directions to cellar doors, with contact details, opening hours and links to further information.

Wein-Plus.com has wine ratings and maps, searchable by name, village and/or 15 wine regions from Alsace to South-west France, with their numerous sub-regions, regional characteristics and varietal specialities.

Wein-Plus.com has wine ratings and maps searchable by name, village and/or via maps of 13 wine regions from Ahr to Saxony, with their numerous sub-regions, regional characteristics and varietal specialities.

Wein-Plus.com has wine ratings and maps, searchable by name, village and/or 21 wine regions from Abruzzi to Veneto, with their numerous sub-regions, regional characteristics and varietal specialities

New Zealand:  www.winesofnz.com
WinesofNZ is an independent guide to New Zealand wines and wineries in the 8 main NZ wine regions. They have recommendations and links to some of best; a Wine Events page; NZ wine statistics; and a wine region Vintage Guide

Switzerland:  www.winecity.ch/en
Wine City is "the Swiss Portal of Wines" where you can "discover the vineyards, their vines, walks and cellar doors in 24 regions from Appenzell to Zurich

Wines and Times enables itinerary creation from a Google mash-up of 3,200 vineyards and wineries, industry associations, wine event locations and more – from Alaska in the north (7 entries), Hawaii in the west (2 locations), Maine in the east (5 locations) and Florida in the south (18 entries)! Opening times are available in a real-time interactive calendar.