Viognier is a wine that is becoming more popular. It has the potential to be full-bodied like Chardonnay, but with much more aromatic fruit characteristics. The tricky thing about Viognier is that the grape has a tendency to attain very high sugar levels, which results in a wine very high in alcohol (During fermentation, sugar […]
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The Pinot Gris grape’s traditional home is in Alsace, a region in France. But you’re beginning to see, everything that’s done in France is copied throughout the world. Pinot Gris pops up in Tasmania, New Zealand, and in the United Stated Pacific Northwest. The dry wines made from Pinot Gris usually have low acidity and […]
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Sauvignon Blanc is another white grape which is grown in France (Bordeaux and the Loire Valley) and throughout the New World. It can make a very aromatic white wine, and is usually dry. In cooler climates, the wine often takes on what wine people call an herbaceous quality. There are lots of words used to […]
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Riesling is another white grape that is planted all over the world. It’s traditional homeland is in Germany, and the Alsace region of France. It can come in many different styles, including dry, off-dry, sweet, and luscious (that’s what you call something when it’s the sweetest a wine could possibly get). In Germany they make […]
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Chardonnay is one of the most widely grown and vinified wines in the world. This is because you can grow it in almost any climate where grapes can be grown. It’s named after a town in the Mâconnais in France. Chardonnay is a very neutral grape to begin with, it doesn’t have a lot of […]
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