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By Jenny Benzie of Pour Sip Savor
April 2012

When dining at your favorite restaurant or browsing the shelves of the local neighborhood wine store, US consumers are still looking for a great value in their wine selection with so many choices available these days.  Value regions that may come to mind typically lie on the outskirts of more well-known regions: Pernand Vergelleses is next to Corton-Charlemagne, you can't get to Montsant without going through Priorat and Sant'Antimo has no problem having some many wine 'cousins' in Tuscany.  This regional recognition for lesser-known wine regions is common for most Old World wines, but not so easily discernable for New World wines that highlight grape varietal first in their labeling regime versus promotion of a regional designation. This type of labeling and promotion is the beginning of many challenges Australian wines have in marketing regionally specific wines to the US market.