This rugged, wine-colored shoreline sits on the southern portion of Santorini's crescent moon shape.
The Piedra Hill Vineyard Purple Label from W. H. Smith came from Howell Mountain, which overlooks the eastern side of Napa Valley and is associated with rugged, tannic wines.
Eventually, the region's vines succumbed as well, and for much of the 20th century Priorat was no more than a backwater for rugged, tannic wines.
Her grievances are based less in the particulars of policy than they are in the caricatures and cultural divisions of the last political era — effete Easterners versus rugged Westerners, wine-drinkers versus beer-pounders, Ivy League lawyers versus Bible-brandishing activists.
This lively, juicy red wine comes from the rugged Abruzzi hills above the Adriatic coast of central Italy, a region long known for its tidal wave of mass-produced reds.
I was seduced by the rugged Jimenez, with his fondness for red wine and cigars, ahead of Poulter, with his fondness for making birdies.
While for years New Zealand was considered to be little more than an exotic destination for sportsmen looking to bag marlins or hike its rugged hills, the country's thriving local wine industry and its association with the successful Lord of the Rings films has led to a modest tourism boom.
Yet Griffiths combines his extraordinary ear for idiom with a grand mythic strain: the nine unrelenting monologues of pills, raves and red wine for breakfast are counterpointed with a rugged sense of the beauties of landscape.
No, the challenge is always to find wines that can stand up to the rugged outdoors.
These days, however, this rugged valley is on the edge of becoming a fashionable wine trail.
The wine that eventually becomes port originates in the rugged valley of the Douro River in northern Portugal.
