12 wines from around the world

[sulgi]

Hi,
I really don't know anything about wine but I would like to give a gift of a selection of wines from around the world. The problem is that I live in South Korea and there really isn't anywhere that I can go to ask. So PLEASE HELP ME! I am able to buy a nice selection of wine here but I can find no one to tell me about it or to help me communicate. I would like to stay in the $10-$25 US a bottle range and I would like to have 12 different bottles from 12 different countries. Ideally I would like 6 red and 6 white but I am open to suggestions.

Thanks for any help that you can offer me,
Sulgi

[Innkeeper]

Hi Sulgi, and welcome to the Wine Board. If you have no place to ask, hopefully you'll have a place to buy. So here you go:

Germany: Riesling (W)
Austria: Gruner Veltliner (W)
France: Macon Villages (W)
Italy: Pinot Grigio (W)
Spain: Rioja (R)
Portugal: Dao Riserva (R)
U.S.A.: Zinfandel (R)
Chile: Cabernet-Merlot (R)
Argentina: Malbec (R)
Australia: Shiraz (R)
New Zealand: Sauvignon Blanc (W)
South Africa: Steen (Chenin Blanc [W])

[wondersofwine]

Well done, Innkeeper.

[sulgi]

Thank you so much for your quick reply. I should be able to find most of them. It will probably require a quick trip to Seoul, but then I always love doing that. I will keep you posted as to what I have been able to get. If I have trouble getting something, would it be okay for me to contact you about a substitute?

Thanks again,
Sulgi

[winer]

Sulgi - I don't know if you can buy Canadian wines in South Korea (probably not), but if you can, have a look at the list of wines from British Columbia that I posted in the thread entitled "Canadian wines" here in the novice section of the board.