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Wine Varietals Quick Reference

Albari?o
Spanish white wine grape that makes crisp, refreshing, and light-bodied wines!.

Aligoté
White wine grape grown in Burgundy making medium-bodied, crisp, dry wines with spicy character!.

Amarone
From Italy's Veneto Region a strong, dry, long- lived red, made from a blend of partially dried red grapes!.

Arneis
A light-bodied dry wine the Piedmont Region of Italy!.

Asti Spumante
From the Piedmont Region of Italy, A semidry sparkling wine produced from the Moscato di Canelli grape in the village of Asti!.

Auslese
German white wine from grapes that are very ripe and thus high in sugar!.

Banylus
A French wine made from late-harvest Grenache grapes and served with chocolate or dishes with a hint of sweetness!. By law the wine must contain 15 percent alcohol!.

Barbera
Most successful in Italy's Piedmont region!. High acidity, deep ruby color and full body, with low tannins & berrylike flavors!.

Barbaresco
A red wine from the Piedmont Region of Italy, made from Nebbiolo grapes it is lighter than Barolo !.

Bardolino
A light red wine from the Veneto Region of Italy!. Blended from several grapes the wine garnet in color, dry and slightly bitter, sometimes lightly sparkling!.

Barolo
Highly regarded Italian red, made from Nebbiolo grapes!. It is dark, full-bodied and high in tannin and alcohol!. Ages well!.

Beaujolais
Typically light, fresh, fruity red wines from and area south of Burgundy, near Lyons, in eastern France!. Areas: Beaujolais-Blanc, Beaujolais Villages, Brouilly, Chénas, Chiroubles, Fleurie, Juliénas, Mouliné-àVent, Morgon, Regnie, Saint Amour!.

Blanc de Blancs
Champagne or white wine made from white grapes!.

Blanc de Noirs
White or blush wine or Champagne made from dark grapes!.

Blush
American term for rosé!. Any wine that is pink in color!.

Boal or Bual
Grown on the island of Madeira, it makes medium-sweet wines!.

Brunello
This strain of Sangiovese is the only grape permitted for Brunello di Montalcino, the rare, costly Tuscan red!. Luscious black and red fruits with chewy tannins!.

Cabernet Franc
Red wine grape used in Bordeaux for blending with Cabernet Sauvignon!. It is an earlier-maturing red wine, due to its lower level of tannins!. Light- to medium-bodied wine with more immediate fruit than Cabernet Sauvignon and some of the herbaceous odors evident in unripe Cabernet Sauvignon!.

Cabernet Sauvignon
Currant, Plum, Black Cherry & Spice, with notes of Olive, Vanilla Mint, Tobacco, Toasty Cedar, Anise, Pepper & Herbs!. Full-bodied wines with great depth that improve with aging!. Cabernet spends from 15 to 30 months aging in American & French Oak barrels which tend to soften the tannins, adding the toasty cedar & vanilla flavors!.

Carignan
Known as Carignane in California, and Cirnano in Italy!. Once a major blending grape for jug wines, Carignan's popularity has diminished though it still appears in some blends!. Old vineyards are sought after for the intensity of their grapes

Carmenere
also known as Grande Vidure, once widely planted in Bordeaux!. Now primarily associated with Chile!. Carmenere, was imported to Chile in the 1850's!. Carmenere has been frequently mislabeled snf many growers and the Chilean government consider it Merlot!.

Cava
Spanish sparkling wine!. Produced by the méthode champenoise!.

Charbono
Mainly found in California (may possibly be Dolcetto), this grape has dwindled in acreage!. Often lean and tannic!. Few wineries still produce it!.

Chardonnay
Apple, Pear, Vanilla, Fig, Peach, Pineapple, Melon, Citrus, Lemon, Grapefruit, Honey, Spice, Butterscotch, Butter & Hazelnut!. Chardonnay takes well to Oak aging & barrel fermentation and is easy to manipulate with techniques such as sur lie aging & malolactic fermentation!.

Chateauneuf-du-Pape
The most famous wines of the southern Rh?ne Valley, are produced in and around the town of the same name (the summer residence of the popes during their exile to Avignon)!. The reds are rich, ripe, and heady, with full alcohol levels and chewy rustic flavors!. Although 13 grape varieties are planted here, the principal varietal is Grenache, followed by Syrah, Cinsault and Mourvèdre (also Vaccarese, Counoise, Terret noir, Muscardin, Clairette, Piquepoul, Picardan, Rousanne, Bourboulenc)!.

Chenin Blanc
Native of the Loire where it's the basis of the famous whites: Vouvray, Anjou, Quarts de Chaume and Saumer!. In other areas it is a very good blending grape!. Called Steen in South Africa and their most-planted grape!. California uses it mainly as a blending grape for generic table wines!. It can be a pleasant wine, with melon, peach, spice and citrus!. The great Loire wines, depending on the producer can be dry and fresh to sweet!.

Chianti
From a blend of grapes this fruity, light ruby-to-garnet-colored red may be called Chianti Riserva when aged three or more years!.

Chianti Classico
From a designated portion of the Chianti wine district!. To be labeled Chianti Classico, both vineyard and winery must be within the specified region!.

Claret
British term for red Bordeaux wines!.

Colombard (French Colombard)
The second most widely planted white variety in California, nearly all of it for jug wines!. It produces an abundant crop, nearly 11 tons per acre, and makes clean and simple wines!.

Constantia
This legendary sweet wine from South Africa, was a favorite of Napoleon!. It comes from an estate called Groot Constantia!.

Cortese
White wine grape grown in Piedmont and Lombardy!. Best known for the wine, Gavi!. The grape produces a light-bodied, crisp, well-balanced wine!.

Dolcetto
From northwest Piedmont it produces soft, round, fruity wines fragrant with licorice and almonds!.

Eiswein
"Ice wine," A sweet German wine, made from grapes that have frozen on the vine!. Freezing concentrates the sugars in the grapes prior to harvesting!.

Frascati
An Italian fruity, golden white wine, may be dry to sweet!.

Fumé Blanc
see Sauvignon Blanc

Gamay
Beaujolais makes its famous, fruity reds exclusively from one of the many Gamays available, the Gamay Noir à Jus Blanc!. Low in alcohol and relatively high in acidity, the wines are meant to be drunk soon after bottling; the ultimate example of this is Beaujolais Nouveau, whipped onto shelves everywhere almost overnight!. It is also grown in the Loire, but makes no remarkable wines!. The Swiss grow it widely, for blending with Pinot Noir; they often chaptalize the wines!.

Gamay Beaujolais
A California variety that makes undistinguished wines!. Primarily used for blending!.

Gattinara
A Piedmont red made from Nebbiolo blended with other grapes!. Powerful and long-lived!.

Gewürztraminer
A distinctive floral bouquet & spicy flavor are hallmarks of this medium-sweet wine!. Grown mainly in Alsace region of France & Germany, and also in California, Eastern Europe, Australia, and New Zealand!.

Grappa
An Italian spirit distilled from pomace!. Dry and high in alcohol, it is an after dinner drink!.

Grenache
Used mainly for blending and the making of Rose and Blush Wines in California, while in France it is blended to make Chateauneuf-du-Pape!. Originally from Spain is the second most widely grown grape in the world!. It produces a fruity, spicy, medium-bodied wine!.

Johannisberg Riesling
See Riesling

Kir
An aperitif from the Burgundy Region of France!. A glass of dry white wine and a teaspoon of crème de cassis make this popular drink!. To make Kir Royale, use champagne or sparkling wine!.

Lambrusco
A fizzy, usually red, dry to sweet wine from northern Italy, made from the grape of the same name!.

Liebfraumilch
A blended German white, semisweet and fairly neutral, which accounts for up to 50 percent of all German wine exports!.

Madeira
A fortified wine named for the island on which its grapes are grown!. The wine is slowly heated in a storeroom to over 110oF, and allowed to cool over a period of months!. Styles range from dry apéritifs, from the Sercial grape, to rich and sweet Boal and Malmsey!.

Malbec
Once important in Bordeaux and the Loire in various blends, this not-very-hardy grape has been steadily replaced by Merlot and the two Cabernets!. However, Argentina is markedly successful with this varietal!. In the United States Malbec is a blending grape only, and an insignificant one at that, but a few wineries use it, the most obvious reason being that it's considered part of the Bordeaux-blend recipe!.

Marc
A distilled spirit made from pomace that is known by different names around the world!. Italy calls it grappa; in Burgundy, Marc de Bourgogne; in Champagne, Marc de Champagne!. Dry and high in alcohol, typically an after dinner drink!.

Marsala
Made from Grillo, Catarratto, or Inzolia grapes, this Sicilian wine may be dry or sweet and is commonly used in cooking!.

Marsanne
A full-bodied, moderately intense wine with spice, pear and citrus notes!. Popular in the Rh?ne & Australia (especially Victoria) has some of the world's oldest vineyards!. California's "Rh?ne-Rangers" have had considerable success with this variety!.

Mead
Common in medieval Europe, a wine made by fermenting honey and water!. Wine makers now making flavored meads!.

Meritage
Registered in 1989 with the U!.S!. Department of Trademarks and Patents by a group of vintners, who sought to establish standards of identifying red & white wines made of traditional Bordeaux grape blends!. They needed a name for these wines since 75% of a single variety is not used, therefore the label could not state a particular variety of grape!. Meritage was chosen because it was a combination of two words, merit and heritage!. To be called a meritage, the wine must: Blend two or more Bordeaux grape varieties: Red wines/ Cabernet Franc,Www@FoodAQ@Com

Really depends on the type of wine you like to drink!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

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You have to use wine grapes!. Every wine has it's own grape, so whatever kind of wine you want to make, that's the grape you need!.

BTW, delhi chef, if you're going to copy and paste from a website, at least site your source or you'll like you're pretending to know all that - although it does prove my answer correct!.!.!.

delhi chef's source:
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try to get your hands on some pinot noir grapes from some of burgundy's more famous vineyard sites!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Chardonay grapes are good, sun ripened!. More sun = more sugar = more/better alcoholWww@FoodAQ@Com

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If you are in US try Concord grapes, they're pretty easy to grow if you are in the north!. That's what Welch's makes jelly out of (and I did too) and I have had wine made from my vines!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

The big fat purple ones!. More antioxidants and flavorWww@FoodAQ@Com

red grapes are more sweet!. have you tried ice wine!?Www@FoodAQ@Com

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Muscadines or scuppodines!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

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Here are some grapes that they say are the best kind of grapes too make good Red Wine : cabernet Sauvignon, gamay, pinot noir, cabernet franc, merlot, and Grenache!.
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Auxerrois: also known as Malbec or Cot, Auxerrois creates a neutral wine, fruity and soft!. It is mainly grown in Luxembourg and Canada!. In Alsace it is ofted blended with the Pinot Blanc grape!.










Barbera: Barbera is a low-tannin grape known for its tarry flavor!. It is very widely planted - in California it's about equal with Merlot grape vines, while in its home in Italy it has more acerage than Sangiovese and Nebbiolo!. Piedmont is especially well known for this grape!.








Cabernet Franc: A "parent" of the Cabernet Sauvignon grape!. Cabernet Franc is used in Bordeaux - added in small amounts for flavor!. It is also used in the Loire Valley, where it is called Breton!. Other names include Bouchy, Bouchet, Gros Bouchet and Veron!. Cabernet Franc is mostly used as an additive to blend with other grapes!.








Cabernet Sauvignon: Cabernet Sauvignon wines are made from these grapes - on the vine they are red, small, and tough!. The wines tend to taste like blackberries and cedar!. Bordeaux uses the Cabernet Sauvignon grape, usually mixed in with Merlot!. These grapes are also grown widely in California and Australia!. The grape contains a lot of tannin, which leads to a good red wine when properly aged!.







Chardonnay: This is a fresh, fruity grape grown in Burgundy, Champagne, California, Australia, and South Africa!. Chardonnay wine tends to taste like fruits - melon, peach, etc!. - and also many have an oaky flavor!. It is one of the most popular and easiest to grow white grapes - it buds early, grows easily and has high ripeness levels!.







Chenin Blanc: This grape makes a light, fruity wine!. It is planted primarily in the US and in the Loire valley of France (well known in Vouvray wine)!. In South Africa this grape is referred to as Steen!. also known as White Pinot (Pinot Blanco), Chenin Blanc is able to age ten years or more!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

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I like scuppernog grapes!. They make a sweet wine that is so smooth!Www@FoodAQ@Com

Mavrud (our sort) !. It's for red wine!. Merloth,too!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

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Buy or raise what the local vinyards grow!. If you are planting, you want something that will do well in your area; talk to your county agent!? If you are buying someone else's grapes, do you want to have them shipped from Timbuctu!?Www@FoodAQ@Com

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The big round juicy ones!.!.!.yum!Www@FoodAQ@Com

alcohol is forbidden-

read bible:

Ephesians 5:18-And be not drunk with wine!.Www@FoodAQ@Com





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