New World: Wines and winemaking

If New World wines can be said to have a style of their own, it is that they are much more likely to be varietal both in how they are described on the label and in how they taste, although a growing proportion of New World wines are now being made with the clear intention of expressing their geographical provenance (see regionality and terroir). fruit-driven is an essentially New World wine description, although it is not seen as such a desirable quality today as when the term was first coined in the 1980s.