| Are you baffled by the huge variety of
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| | Syrah grapes produce intense rich wines
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| French wines and completely lost when it
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| | which are almost black in color and which
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| comes to deciding which wine will best
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| | have an aroma that is spicy in nature.
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| suit your needs?
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| | The Rhone Syrah grape forms the base for
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| Each of the eight wine producing regions
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| | many blended wines including the well
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| of France specializes in producing wine
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| | known Chateauneuf du Pape
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| of a particular type and flavor and this
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| | The Muscat grape gives rise to intense,
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| simple overview will hopefully make
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| | sweet wines with a strong and easily
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| choosing French wines a little easier.
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| | recognized aroma. In addition, and
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| Burgundy
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| | unusual for a wine, wines from the Muscat
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| Burgundy wines are produced from the
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| | really do taste of grapes.
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| black Pinot Noir and Gamay grapes and
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| | Loire
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| from the white Chardonnay grape.
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| | The grapes of the Loire include the black
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| The Pinot Noir is probably one of the
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| | Pinot Noir and the white Sauvignon Blanc
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| world's oldest grape varieties and is
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| | and Pinot Gris grapes.
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| notoriously difficult to grow. It does
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| | The Sauvignon Blanc grape is grown all
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| however produce some of our best wines
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| | over the world today and it is very
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| which are full-bodied and rich and at the
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| | widely used for blending. In the case of
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| same time can be light, soft and velvety.
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| | the Loire however it is used to make a
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| Pinot noir wines often have an aroma of
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| | distinctive unblended dry white wine with
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| cherries accompanied by a spiciness that
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| | a characteristic sharp and aggressive
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| is reminiscent of cinnamon or mint.
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| | smell.
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| The Chardonnay grape is a very popular
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| | Pinot Gris wines often display a slightly
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| grape which produces light, delicate dry
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| | floral and lightly lemon flavor and,
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| wines with a distinctive but often
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| | depending upon the ripeness of the grape
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| difficult to describe aroma conjuring up
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| | at harvesting, wines that are either
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| a vision of apples, peaches or lemons.
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| | light and tangy or rich, round and full
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| Bordeaux
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| | bodied. Pinot Gris makes one of the few
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| The wines of Bordeaux are based upon the
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| | white wines that can be said to age well.
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| related black Cabernet Franc and Cabernet
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| | Alsace
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| Sauvignon grapes, found particularly in
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| | Although the grapes of the Alsace are
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| the Medoc district of Bordeaux, and the
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| | similar to those used in the Loire,
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| black Merlot grape.
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| | growing conditions in this region tend to
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| Cabernet Sauvignon wines improve greatly
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| | produce wines which bear the
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| with age and are often amongst the
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| | characteristics of many German rather
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| world's truly great wines. With age the
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| | that French wines.
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| distinctive blackcurrant aroma of wines
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| | The wines in this region are similar to
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| from this grape develops overtones of
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| | Riesling and the sweeter German wines.
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| cedar, violets and leather and the wines,
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| | Some ros wines are also produced in
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| which are characteristically deep in
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| | Alsace.
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| flavor, often become smooth and soft.
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| | Champagne
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| Wines made from the Merlot grape are very
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| | The main grapes of the Champagne region
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| similar to those produced from the
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| | are the black Pinot Noir and Pinot
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| Cabernet Sauvignon grape but have a less
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| | Meunier and the white Chardonnay.
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| distinctive aroma and flavor.
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| | The wines of the Champagne region can
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| If it seems strange that white wines
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| | best be described as thin and tart and
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| should be produced from black grapes then
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| | provide the perfect base for what many
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| bear in mind that grape juice, whether
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| | believe to be the world's finest
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| from black or white grapes, is
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| | sparkling wine.
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| essentially colorless and it is the skin
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| | Beaujolais
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| of the black grape that gives the wine
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| | Beaujolais wines are made from the black
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| its color.
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| | Gamay and white Chardonnay grapes.
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| Rhone
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| | The wines of this region are often light
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| The grape varieties most often seen in
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| | in nature, fresh tasting and with a
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| the Rhone valley are the black Cabernet
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| | somewhat fruity flavor. Many Beaujolais
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| Sauvignon and Syrah grapes and the white
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| | wines are also slightly fizzy in nature.
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| Muscat grape.
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