The Beauty Of Red Wine: A Beginner's Guide

The hit comedy film Sideways is about a road trippowerful as a full-bodied wine like French
in the wine country of sunny California where theBordeaux wines and Italian red wine like the Super
two main characters, Miles and Jack, taste copiousTuscans. Full-bodied wines are denser and have
amounts of red wine while dealing with major lifehigher alcohol content.
dramas. It's a hilarious film that touched so manyHow Is Red Wine Served?
people with its dark comedy and truly movingYou may have noticed at some parties, tasting
portraits of people dealing with love, pain, andevents, or formal gatherings that red wine is
wine tasting.served in a particular glass. It is said that an oval
But perhaps the greatest thing about Sidewaysor egg-shaped glass that narrows as it reaches
was how it inspired so many people to go outthe top(compared to a slim, tall glass) is the best
and become connoisseurs of fine wine! Accordingway to appreciate red wine as it allows the wine
the Internet Movie Database, the movie made soto breathe and swirl better. The best
many of its fans want to buy Pinot Noir (a drytemperature to serve red wine is 60-65 degrees
red wine) that sales significantly increased in theFahrenheit. Serve it too hot and the alcohol can
US and UK during and after its release. Talk aboutbe overly emphasized; too cold and it will taste
the effect of movies on people!bitter.
If you want to learn a bit more about red wine,Red Wine - What Are The Different Varieties?
dry red wine, and its other variants but feelThere are a number of red wines available from
clueless as to the whole thing, here's a quick wineall over the world from dry red wine to full-bodied
guide; a red wine for dummy guide if you like!wine to age old wine. There is really no such thing
Why is Red Wine... Er... Red?as the best red wine - what is tastiest to you
Red wine is so colored because of the grapeshould be considered the best. But then there are
skins involved. There are a multitude of grapemany red wines that come highly recommended
types, each as diverse and colorful as the next.like Californian red wine, Australian red wine, and
You have purple, maroon, deep red, light red - thethen of course every other kind of wine through
list goes on. Each variety brings a unique shade ofout Europe like Spanish red wine and the ones
red to red wine and the various colors you canpreviously mentioned.
see in wine stores are a direct result of the manyIn time, you will be able to determine exactly
grapes used in worldwide wine-making processes.what your type of red wine is. For now, why not
An individual wine's color depends largely on whatsample the many great tasting wines out there
type of grape was used to make it and how longlike Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc...
the skin was left in with the juice before beingHow Healthy IS Red Wine?
extracted.Red wine 101 these days will tell you that red
What Are The Different Types of Red Wine?wine or dry red wine is actually good for you.
There are many different types of red wine butThere have been recent studies by scientists in
they are usually judged by their "body". Forthe UK that suggest a glass of Cabernet
example, a light-bodied wine is not too demandingSauvignon-derived wines will do the heart very
on the mouth and taste buds. It goes well withgood.
food that is flavor intensive. A good example ofSo, if you're looking to spice up your meals or
this kind of wine is the French red wine Beaujolaissimply want to develop a healthier diet, red wine
Nouveau.or dry red wine may be just the thing for you.
On the other hand, there is the medium-bodiedHopefully, this has been enough information to
red wine which is a slightly heavier wine (e.g.whet your appetite. Happy wine drinking!
Shiraz, Merlot, etc.) but not as heavy and as