vocab. terms

[Thomas]

Generally, the term Old World refers to wines produced in Europe and New World refers to wines produced in North and South America, Australia and New Zealand.

Also generally--very generally--Old World is a style that refers to the earth from which grapes are grown and New World is a style that refers to the reliance on technology grand scale winemaking.

But truly Old World wines would come from Iran, Iraq, Armenia and parts of the Middle East, provided they still produce them...