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Wine Grapes & Styles (釀酒葡萄和作風) This is a resource which may be helpful to curious newbies, or as a refresher to existing wine drinkers. To better understand wine, we have simplified the way wine grapes and its style is written with the ample use of photographs and images. Each segment is broken down to (1) [...]
Albariño Wine Style: It is known for being a light-bodied wine with crisp, refreshing, fruit flavors. Suggested food pairings for Albarino wines include Fried Shrimp or Oysters and Sushi and Sushami (light fish). Flavors: Apricot Citrus Peach [...]
Aligoté Wine Style: Medium-bodied, crisp, dry wines with spicy character. Flavors: Origin: Burgundy only Found: Burgundy in France only Bourgogne Aligoté is a light white wine blessed by high levels of acidity. People in Burgundy drink it young as Aligoté, which is sold cheaply in France is not a wine that can age such as others. Aligoté stands for a white grape [...]
Amarone Wine Style: Amarone is a very special, powerful northern Italian red wine made from shriveled grapes that have dried for several months. In short this is a full-bodied wine weighing in at about 15% or 16% alcohol, and when in best condition, tastes of chocolate, mocha, and dried figs. Suggested food pairings include Steak au Poivre [...]
Arneis Wine Style: This is a light-bodied dry wine from the Piedmont region. Flavors: Origin: Piedmont in Italy Found: Italy and Australia Arneis means “rascal” in Italian, and is so named for its ability to beguile the most patient winemakers. It is a white wine grape that originated (and is still primarily grown) in the Roero hills of Italy’s southern Piedmont, [...]
Asti Spumante Wine Style: Light-bodied, sweet and refreshing, dry finish and low in alcohol. Flavors: Origin: Piedmont Found: Italy only The wine is made entirely with 100% Moscato. Asti or Asti Spumante is a DOCG white sparkling wine produced in the Asti district in Piedmont, Italy. Made from the Moscato Bianco grape, it is sweet and low in alcohol, and often enjoyed with dessert. [...]
Auslese Wine Style: A Riesling Auslese is a late harvest Riesling wine, made from individually selected grape bunches. This method of harvesting leads to intensely flavored, very sweet, and more pricey wines. Flavors: Origin: Germany Found: Austria and Germany Auslese is a German wine term for a late harvest wine and is a riper category than Spätlese in the QmP category [...]