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California's Red Varietal Wines
The most popular red varietal wines in California include Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Zinfandel (a red wine and also a pink wine). Pinot Noir and Syrah/Shiraz are also fairly popular red varietal wines [more…]
The Grape Varieties of French Red Bordeaux
France's red Bordeaux is always a blended wine. It’s made from two to five so-called black grape varieties — with most Bordeaux wines made from three or four of the five varieties. Red Bordeaux goes best [more…]
Serving Red and White Burgundy Wines
Burgundy is a complex region that encompasses four distinct wine districts. Although the four Burgundy districts grow essentially the same red and white grape varieties, the wines of each district are [more…]
France's Beaujolais Wine District
The Beaujolais region is unique among French wine regions because it makes wines that are happy to please without trying to impress. Beaujolais wine is the product of the Beaujolais region of France and [more…]
Wines from Italy's Tuscany Region: Chianti
Chianti is a large wine zone extending through much of Italy's Tuscany region. The zone — all of it DOCG status — has eight districts. Chianti wines may use the name of the district where their grapes [more…]
Wines from Italy's Tuscany Region: Brunello di Montalcino
While Italy's Chianti wines have been famous for centuries, another great red wine from the Tuscany region, Brunello di Montalcino, exploded on the international scene much more recently, when the Biondi-Santi [more…]
Newer Super-Tuscan Wines of Italy
The newer, red super-Tuscan wines were born in Italy when Chianti sales lost momentum in the 1970s. Progressive producers created these red wines — collectively known today as super-Tuscans — and caught [more…]
How Tannin Affects Red Wine’s Taste
Have you ever taken a sip of a red wine and rapidly experienced a dried-out feeling in your mouth, as if something had blotted up all your saliva? That’s tannin. [more…]
Part of the Series: Companion Content from the E-Book Buying & Serving Wine In A Day For Dummies
