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Beaujolais tends to be a very light-bodied red wine, with relatively high amounts of acidity. In some vintages, Beaujolais produces more wine than the Burgundy wine regions of Chablis, Côte d'Or, Côte Chalonnaise and Mâconnais put together. [1] The wine takes its name from the historical Province of Beaujolais, a wine-producing region.
A Muscadet-Sèvre et Maine sur lie wine. Muscadet (UK: / ˈ m ʌ s k ə d eɪ, ˈ m ʊ s k-/ MU(U)SK-ə-day, US: / ˌ m ʌ s k ə ˈ d eɪ, ˌ m ʊ s k-/ MU(U)SK-ə-DAY, French: ⓘ) is a French white wine. It is made at the western end of the Loire Valley, near the city of Nantes in the Pays de la Loire region.
May wine A light German wine flavored with sweet woodruff in addition to strawberries or other fruit. Mead A wine-like alcoholic beverage made of fermented honey and water rather than grape juice. Merlot-to-go law Legislation in some U.S. states allowing restaurant patrons to take the remains of an opened bottle of wine with them. [12] Meritage
A white wine, usually sparkling, made exclusively from white grapes, often Chardonnay. Blanc de Noirs A white wine, usually sparkling, made from red grapes. Blending The mixing of two or more different parcels of wine together by winemakers to produce a consistent finished wine that is ready for bottling.
Lighter-bodied styles will generally have a higher proportion of white grape varieties blended in, while Chiantis that have only red grape varieties will be fuller and richer. While only 15% of Cabernet Sauvignon is permitted in the blend, the nature of the grape variety can have a dominant personality in the Chianti blend and be a strong ...
Pinot gris, pinot grigio (US: / ˈ p iː n oʊ ˈ ɡ r iː dʒ i oʊ,-dʒ oʊ /, UK: / ˈ ɡ r ɪ dʒ i oʊ /), or Grauburgunder is a white wine grape variety of the species Vitis vinifera.Thought to be a mutant clone of the pinot noir variety, it normally has a pinkish-gray hue, accounting for its name, but the colors can vary from blue-gray to pinkish-brown.
Balanced: a wine that incorporates all its main components—tannins, acid, sweetness, and alcohol—in a manner where no one single component stands out. [7] [3] Big: a wine with intense flavor, or high in alcohol. [8] [9] Bitter: an unpleasant perception of tannins. [9] Body: the sense of alcohol in the wine and the sense of feeling in the ...
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Chenin blanc was the principal grape in the South African wine industry's "white wine renaissance" that was ushered in by the introduction of new technologies such as temperature-controlled fermentation vessels. During this time, the focus was on producing off-dry, clean, and crisp wine that was mostly neutral ...