Taking a broad view can be dangerous with a subject as expansive as wine, but there is one generalization that is so obvious and helpful when you’re beginning to dissect information that I don’t mind making it. Begin this chapter knowing you’ll find exceptions along the way, but that this one simple assertion will put a lot of things in perspective . . .
The entire wine world is split into two camps: the Old World and the New World.
They couldn’t be more different, in both philosophy and execution. Luckily for us, both worlds can be stunning.