old world / new world

[Innkeeper]

Hi Auburn, and welcome to the Wine Board. It could be just you, but don't worry about it. The whole idea is to drink what you like.

On another board recently they took a New World/Old World poll. The majority of the respondants voted Old World. Next came New/Old combos; and, finally, New World. I'm a combo for a couple of reasons. I was raised on the East Coast and was stationed in Europe on my early military assignments. Then I ended up in Hawaii for almost five years in the '70s, and saw California develop in front of my eyes. Also got to Australia and New Zealand VERY early on.

As I mentioned in an early post above, a lot of what is coming out of parts of Europe at this time is New World, and in many cases not very competitive at that. Maybe you just haven't had good Old World experiances. Check out various threads on this Board to get some good suggestions. Italy, Germany, Spain, Rhone, Bordeaux, and Burgundy threads are all suggested. You will see where many of us have posted wines from both worlds.