Old World. Sepiatone-evocative term that refers chiefly to Continental Europe, the ancestral homeland of viticulture. As originally practiced by the British, Wine Snobbery was focused entirely on Old World wines, and while the rise of the NEW WORLD and ROBERT PARKER shifted the Snob paradigm, there remains a sizable Snob sector that still regards Old World favoritism as a mark of gentlemanliness and refinement. I can’t get my head around those high-alcohol California pinots; my palate is really more attuned to the Old World.