New World designates wine producing countries outside the traditional vine-growing countries of Europe. In practice, it refers to: Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chili, Mexico, New Zealand, South Africa and USA.

New World wines are different from European old world wines by many aspects: 

• Conditions of production: while in Europe strong restrictive regulations apply for viticulture and wine making, making wine in the New World remain very flexible. It is possible to plant vines almost everywhere, irrigation is a common practice, blending vintages is allowed, etc...
• The style of wines:  although many exceptions exist, in general, New World wines tend to be more expressive, more "fruit in your face", sweeter, less dry and less astringent than Old World wines, and especially French wines. 
• Varietal wines: the New World production massively favors Varietal Labeling, calling a wine by the type of grape used to make a wine (Chardonnay,Zinfandel…). In France, except in Alsace, most quality wines are designated by the area of production, as opposed to the grapes used to make the wine. 
• Marketing:  New World wines heavily rely on marketing, major brands have appeared on the market.