There is no need to cram yourself into a tasting room in Napa or Burgundy like a wine-thirsty sardine. The globe is loaded these days with notable wine-making regions and traditions that offer boundless surprises: bottlings made from unique indigenous grapes; topographies you could never imagine squeeze out wine; calm, personalized tours. Put down the beefy cab sauv, and start exploring.

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