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 […]
Carignan
Wine Style:
None.
Flavors:
Origin:
Rhone in France
Found:
France, Spain, Italy and California
It’s also known as Carinena and Mazuelo in Spain, Gragnano in Italy, Carignane in California.
The berries are bluish-black, round and fairly large, with fairly thick, astringent skins. They hang in large, rather compact clusters that are short-stemmed, difficult to harvest, and susceptible to grape worms. They […]
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), […]
Grenache/Garnacha
Wine Style:
This is a sweet grape which is rich in alcohol, fruity, spicy, medium-bodied wine and often blended with other grapes.
Flavors:
Origin:
France
Found:
Rhone in France, Spain, and Australia
This is a strong grape which withstands extreme heat and warm climate well. It has a thin skin, little pigment and ripens slowly with a high level […]
Mourvèdre
Wine Style:
It produces tannic wines that can be high in alcohol and gives structure when used in Rhone blends. Its taste varies greatly according to area, but often has gamey or earthy flavors, with soft black fruit flavors.
Flavors:
Origin:
Southern Rhone in France
Found:
France, , Spain, Australia, and California
This grape is also named […]
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 […]