In fact, many sommeliers and wine collectors have larger collections of wine books and maps than they do of wine! You certainly don’t need a wine map to enjoy wine, but it can definitely be an entertaining accompaniment to your evening pour. Wine students and enthusiasts also have an interest in learning the geographic areas that are in scope of AOCs or appellations. Wine reflects the quality of the soil and the sunlight of its region, as well as the particular details of elevation and climate. You can learn a lot about a wine by studying the map of where it is grown. More so than other agricultural products (there are no asparagus maps, for example), wines carry the characteristics of the places they are grown in their taste, color, and aroma. Or, if you’ve already done a great deal of traveling in wine country, wine maps can take you back to the terraced vineyards of the rustic Rhone Valley or the rolling hills of Saint-Émilion in Bordeaux. Wine is an agricultural product. With the label on the bottle indicating origin, a bottle of wine invokes a sense of place. Lovers of wine often have a case of wanderlust, and poring over wine maps (as you enjoy a glass of wine from that region) can help satisfy that passion for travel. Thanks for using our affiliate links and supporting our independent blog! Why All The Wine Maps? The commissions we receive help us pay for web hosting fees, products to test, and other costs associated with running this site. We are an affiliate and we do receive a small commission if you purchase items through our affiliate links at no cost to you.
Whether you want a wine map for wine education, as home decor, or to plan a trip, we’ve got the 411 on all the best wine maps!īefore we continue with our recommendations, though, a little about the KnowWines blog.
We’ll also share where you can get great wine maps of your own. So, why all the maps? In today’s blog, we explain why wine maps are so beloved to wine enthusiasts. In wine shops, you’ll see them on display, on shelf talkers, and as handouts. The 19 stages cover 329.06km in a route of 1636.25km before Sunday afternoon’s finish in Matosinhos.Anyone who has been to a wine shop or tasting is likely familiar with wine maps (and wine lovers’ affinity for them). Fafe (11.18km) and Cabeceiras de Basto (22.23km) are next up before a second pass through Fafe, the rally-closing Wolf Power Stage offering all-important bonus points. Sunday’s itinerary is all about the extraordinary Fafe, its big jump before the finish and its crowds.įour tests clustered around the town begin with Paredes (15.00km). The loops are split by service before a spectacular side-by-side super special stage at the fan-favourite Lousada rallycross circuit (3.36km) rounds out the action. Saturday is also daunting, with almost 150km packed into two identical loops of three speed tests in the Cabreira Mountains, north-east of Matosinhos.ĭrivers face double runs through Vieira do Minho (26.61km), Amarante - the longest stage of the weekend at 37.24km, and Felgueiras (8.91km). With no service allowed until competitors return to Matosinhos in the evening, except for running repairs by the crews themselves using tools carried in their cars, mechanical issues could prove costly. It adds up to more than 120km of competition. The leg ends with a single run through Mortágua (18.15km) and a super special stage at Figueira da Foz (2.28km), which last featured on the itinerary way back in 1997. This year’s edition is once again based in the north-west city of Matosinhos, just north of the great port wine-producing city of Porto.Īfter Thursday night’s start ceremony in Coimbra, the country’s fourth-largest city and former capital, the action begins on Friday morning with with double passes of Lousã (12.03km), Góis (19.33km) and the classic Arganil (18.72km), separated by a tyre fitting zone in Arganil itself. The Iberian Peninsula has developed into one of the WRC's classic locations since the country helped launch the championship in 1973.
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