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You have until 3 p.m. EST this Monday, December 1st, to submit “your favorite ridiculous winespeak word or phrase” to Ed Levine’s delightful Serious Eats site. Five lucky submitters will be awarded a free copy of The Wine Snob’s Dictionary. For those who don’t win, hey, the book is still just thirteen bucks a copy–a recession-friendly stocking stuffer. November 29, 2008 More Wine Snobbery »
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New World. Quaintly Columbian term used to describe wines produced outside of the “traditional” wine-growing regions of Western and Northern Europe. Though the United States is most readily identified with New World wines, the term also applies to the wines of Chile, Australia, and South Africa. New World wines are broadly thought of as fruitier and more alcoholic than OLD WORLD wines, owing to the hotter climates in which their grapes are grown and the preponderance of producers eager to please ROBERT PARKER. Read more from the Wine Snob's Dictionary » 
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