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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 [...]
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, [...]
Chardonnay Wine Style: Chardonnay is from light to medium to fuller-bodied wines. Cooler climate Chardonnays sees an abundance of fruit flavors, especially white fruits. Warmer Chardonnays see lesser fruits, perhaps more honey, vanilla and roasted flavors. Chablis: Lean, sometimes stony white wine made in the Chablis region at north of Burgundy in Eastern France. Flavors include gunflint [...]
Châteauneuf-du-Pape (Blend) Wine Style: Often big, rich, full-bodied with spicy and raspberries flavors with capability for 5 to 20 bottle aging. Flavors: Origin: Rhone Valley in France Found: California, Australia, and France The vast majority of wines from the Southern Rhône are blends. There are 5 main black varieties, although others are used and the [...]
Chenin Blanc Wine Style: A light to medium-bodied pleasant wine, with melon, peach, spice and citrus. Flavors: Origin: Loire Valley in France Found: Vouvray, Anjou, Quarts de Chaume, Saumer (Loire Valley) in France, South Africa, Australia and California An important white grape variety planted in the Anjou-Saumur and Touraine regions of the Loire Valley and the most widely planted [...]
Dolcetto Wine Style: The wines generally are low in tannins and acidity and are usually fruity and fragrant, often with hints of almonds. They are also ideal to go along with spaghetti with any red (tomato) sauce, grilled Portobello mushrooms and tomato and mozzarella salads. Flavors: Origin: Dolcetto D’Alba in Italy Found: Italy, California, and Australia Dolcetto roughly translates from Italian [...]
Gamay Wine Style: They are mostly immediately drinkable, light- to medium-weight wines with high acidity and low tannins. Flavors: Origin: Burgundy, Loire in France Found: France, and Australia Gamay is a native French variety planted predominately in Beaujolais where it is the grape behind everything from light and often acidic Beaujolais Nouveau through to the more serious and well-structured wines [...]