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 […]

Cinsaut / Cinsault

Wine Style:
This grape is usually blended in Châteauneuf du Pape to fruit flavors and tone down Carignan’s tannins. It’s known to be low in tannins, with a perfumed nose, medium-bodied with supple texture.
Flavors:

Origin:
Southern France
Found:
France, and South Africa
This is a light-skinned grape variety for red wine that withstands drought very well. […]

Pinotage

Wine Style:
Full-bodied with the usual oak, gamey, wild berries and smoke flavors.
Flavors:

Origin:
South Africa
Found:
South Africa only
The grape, Pinotage is all South Africa. It was believed to be a crossing between Pinot Noir and Cinsaut in the early 1900’s, which created this national variety. The South Africans have worked for decades to tame the […]