Posts Tagged ‘ Southern France ’

Colombard (鸽笼白)

May 6th, 2008 | By Daniel | Category: Wine Grapes & Styles (釀酒葡萄和作風)

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 […]



Rosé (桃红葡萄酒)

May 5th, 2008 | By Daniel | Category: Wine Grapes & Styles (釀酒葡萄和作風)

Rosé

Wine Style:
It’s also sometimes called blush. Any light pink wine, dry to sweet, made by removing the skins of red grapes early in the fermentation process or by mixing red and white.
Flavors:

Origin:
Nil
Found:
Southern France, Spain, Italy, California
Technically, a rose is an “unfinished red wine,” but the term seems so- secondary. Rose is a different sort […]