| If you're a lover of red wine, but you don't know | | | | Pinot Noir: This red wine has a raspberry, cherry |
| how it's made, or what varieties there are, then | | | | or strawberry taste on your palate. It goes well |
| this would be a good time to read up on it. There | | | | with pork, turkey and soft cheeses such as brie |
| are certain wines that go best with certain foods, | | | | or camembert. |
| and in order to really enjoy your wine, it would be | | | | Shiraz/Syrah: These wines taste like blackberry or |
| beneficial to gain some knowledge as to the | | | | licorice. They go well with tenderloins, onion soup, |
| classifications of red wine. | | | | or BBQ ribs and roasts. |
| It is actually the grape skin that gives red wine it's | | | | Now that you know the best menu choices for |
| color. Red wine is made from either red or black | | | | your red wine, let's take a look at the other |
| grapes, with the skin left intact during the | | | | classifications of red wine. One way to classify |
| fermentation process called maceration. The | | | | wine is by taste. Each wine leaves a primary |
| longer the skin is left on the grape, the deeper | | | | impression on the taster's palate. Depending on |
| red it will result in. Rose wine is a pink colored | | | | the variety of the grape used, there will be a |
| wine, because the skin is only left on the grape | | | | different aroma and taste of different compounds |
| for a short period of time. | | | | for each type of wine. |
| Red wine may be sweet, dry or fruity. The dry | | | | Another way to classify red wine is by their price. |
| wines have very little residual sugar, whereas the | | | | Vintage wines determined by the year in which |
| sweeter red wines have a sweeter taste, and are | | | | they were harvested, will determine the wine's |
| considered dessert wines. The following wine list | | | | worth. Some wines improve with age, and the |
| can help you determine which wine goes best | | | | older they are, the higher in price they are. Other |
| with your meal, and is one method of classifying | | | | wines spoil when they are stored for too long. |
| your wine: | | | | Basically, when shopping for wine, you get what |
| Merlot: This red wine tastes rather like black | | | | you pay for. |
| cherries or plums. It goes well with pasta dishes | | | | The last way to determine classifications of red |
| served with red sauce, lamb or prime rib. | | | | wine is by each unique style, such as dessert |
| Cabernet Sauvignon: This red wine tastes like | | | | wines, fortified wines, fruit wines, rose wines and |
| black current or chocolate. It goes well with beef | | | | sparkling wines. Each method of wine making |
| dishes, such as stroganoff or steak, or with pasta | | | | differs from the rest, and each offers a lovely |
| with red meat sauces, and also with duck or | | | | bouquet, or aroma, and is pleasing to the palate. |
| salmon. | | | | |