Types of Red Wine - A Quick Guide to Get You Started

The consumption of red wine is an art in itself,wine is a medium bodied wine and is a pleasant
the practice and knowledge of which can turn onewine to drink with its soft flavour's of blackberry,
into a wine connoisseur. Many people pridecherry, plum and herbs. This wine is commonly
themselves in knowing the different types ofproduced in California, Australia, Chile, Romania and
wine, being able to tell between a Merlot or ShirazItaly. It accompanies just about any dish.
and the correct technique tasting, assessing andSyrah or Shiraz is a medium bodied wine that is
drinking the wine. Red wine can be categorizedgenerally blended with other wines such as
into several types or categories, arguably, theCabernet. This wine is predominantly produced in
most popular of which include CabernetFrance, Australia and California. Much like a Merlot,
Sauvignon, Merlot and Shiraz.this wine is not very acidic and as a result is very
Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the world's mostpopular with entry-level red wine drinkers or those
well-known red wine varieties and is classified as awho do not enjoy an overwhelming taste and
medium to full bodied dry red wine. This wine witharoma. This wine can be characterized with its
its parents, bell pepper and oak aromas as aspicy nuances with an undercurrent of oak,
luxuriant deep purple and garnet color. The grapesToffee and black fruit. This wine companies red
used are renowned for their hardiness andmeats in particular such as game and beef.
resistance to harsh weather conditions andThese three types of wine are some of the
diseases. This wine is produced all across themore popular types of red wines that are
world in the predominant wine producing areas likeconsumed. However there are several more
as Australia, France and California.types of wines available on the market which also
Merlot has been described as a good type of wineprovide just as much taste and pleasure to the
to introduce to first-time red wine drinkers. Thispalette.