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 […]

Cava

Wine Style:
It is usually fruity and pleasantly acidic.
Flavors:
Cava is rarely popular in Asian wine circles. Moreever, the three most commonly used grapes don’t AGE well, yet Cava DO rules require a minimum aging of 9 months. This means that many of these wines are dull and bland with an earthy character-they should be drunk as […]

Champagne
(Blend)

Wine Style:
Light, fresh, toasty to yeasty, and dry to sweet.
Flavors:
Beside some comment on Citrus and yeast flavors, the sweetness varies from Extra Brut (at most 0.6% sugar) to Doux (more than 5% sugar). Champagne is considered one of the most food friendly wines and accompanies most fine foods.
Origin:
Champagne in France
Found:
France only. Other countries: Cava (Spain), […]

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 […]

Colombard

Wine Style:
A light-bodied, clean and simple wine.
Flavors:

Origin:
Southern France
Found:
France
This is an easy growing and productive variety, with earthy and steely character, that grows in hot climates, and, when well treated is a real nice basic wine, with hints of grapefruit. Regretfully, not many Chinese wine consumers and drinkers appreciate this varietal due to […]

The Lenz Winery
North Fork in Long Island
New York in USA

Founded in 1978, the 30 hectares winery is planted with Chardonnay, Gewürztraminer, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, and Pinot Noir.
In 1988, the winery was taken over by Peter Carroll, a partner in Oliver, Wyman and Company, a New York City management-consultant company, and John Pancoast, an […]