Thu, 03/29/2012 - 08:23 — Anonymous by Timothy FranceThailand's wine-making
industry has come a long way. No longer causing connoisseurs to recoil in
horror at first sniff, these days locally-produced labels are served
by high-end Thai restaurants and exported abroad. But it wasn't an easy
path. About 20 years ago Thailand took to wine producing with its
characteristic defiance of international norms, rejecting the age-old
traditions that say wine grapes can't be grown further south than Cairo or
Lhasa. Breaking those rules, vineyards across Thailand's three
distinguished winemaking regions now produce quality wine 1,770 kilometers
further south than old school thinking dictates. These are the 'new
latitude wines', and although they don't rate highly alongside famous French
vintages, wine lovers should swallow their skepticism before condemning Thai
wines to the cooking pot. For a closer look at Thailand's growing wine
industry, get out of Bangkok and take a wine tour. Most of the country's
revered vineyards, featured here, offer visitors a chance to get off the
heavily beaten tourist track and see how grapes are grown and wines are
made. read more
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