Grape Varieties · Page 3

Guides to the grapes behind the wines you buy: where Malbec, Merlot, Grenache, Syrah, Riesling and other varieties come from, how they taste and what to pair them with.

Grape Varieties

Petit Verdot: Taste, Regions and Food Pairing

Petit Verdot is a dark, tannic Bordeaux blending grape that makes bold single-varietal reds in Virginia, Australia, Spain and California. Here's what to expect.

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Petite Sirah: Taste, History, Regions and Food

Petite Sirah, or Durif, is an inky, tannic red from a Syrah x Peloursin cross. How it tastes, how it differs from Syrah, where it grows and what to eat.

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Pinot Blanc: Taste, Regions, Names and Food

Pinot Blanc is a light, dry white from the Pinot family, also called Pinot Bianco and Weissburgunder. How it tastes, where it grows and what to eat.

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Pinotage: South Africa's Red Grape, Taste and Food

Pinotage is South Africa's own red grape, a 1925 cross of Pinot Noir and Cinsaut. Here is its story, its styles, how it tastes and what to eat with it.

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Prosecco: What It Is, How It's Made and How to Choose a Bottle

Prosecco is Italy's best-selling sparkling wine, made mostly from Glera in the northeast. Here is how it's made, what DOC and DOCG mean, and how to read the sweetness.

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Red Blend Wine: What It Is, Styles and Labels

A red blend is a red wine made from more than one grape. Here are the classic blends, how US labels work, whether red blends are sweet and what to pair.

8 min read

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Semillon: Bordeaux's Golden Grape, Taste and Food

Semillon makes white Bordeaux, Sauternes and age-worthy Hunter Valley whites. Here is how it tastes, where it grows and what to eat with it.

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Types of Red Wine: From Light Pinot to Bold Cabernet

The main red wine grapes ranked from light to full body, with a tannin and acidity chart, where each grows, serving temperatures and what to eat with them.

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Types of White Wine: From Crisp Albariño to Rich Chardonnay

The main white wine grapes from crisp and zesty to rich and creamy, which are dry and which can be sweet, where they grow and what to eat with each.

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Vermentino: Taste, Regions and Seafood Pairings

Vermentino is a dry, citrusy white from Sardinia, Liguria, Tuscany and Provence, where it is called Rolle. Here is how it tastes and what to eat with it.

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White Zinfandel: How It's Made, Sweetness and Food

White Zinfandel is a pink, lightly sweet wine from red Zinfandel grapes: how it is made, the Sutter Home story, how it compares to dry rosé and what to eat.

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Zinfandel: Taste, California Regions and Food

Zinfandel is California's big, jammy red, the same grape as Italy's Primitivo and Croatia's Tribidrag. Here is how it tastes, where it grows and what to eat.

8 min read