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THAILAND'S NAPA VALLEY
The cool highlands surrounding Khao Yai are home to a nascent wine industry. These have been dubbed the 'New
Latitude' wines because, at between 14 and 18 degrees north, they fall far outside the traditional wine-grape
growing latitudes of between 30 and 50 degrees north or south of the equator.
PB Valley Khao Yai Winery
(
0 3622 6415;
www.khaoyaiwinery.com
; tour 200B; tours 10.30am, 1.30pm & 3.30pm) and
GranMonte
Estate
( 0 4400 9544;
www.granmonte.com
; tours 11am, 1pm & 3pm Sat, Sun & holidays) are among
the winemakers managing to coax shiraz and chenin blanc grapes from the relatively tropical climate. The wines
do seem to improve year by year, though they still have a way to go. Both offer free tastings and GranMonte also
has some appealing rooms overlooking the vineyards from 4200B.
