Seeing something through Wine name?
The wines produced by the U.S. usually named after the type name is the first grape wines, such as Chardonnay, Merlot or Zinfandel, then to name the new wine growing region like Sonoma Valley or California.
Meanwhile, the situation is reversed in the European wines. Places most familiar names in European wines are Champagne, this is very much the name of the grape growing region in France. These differences are partly due to the diversity of grape varieties in Europe alone there were over 2,000 Italian grape types.
Differentiating the wine
The red wines are made from grapes dark shell. Grape skins are removed during the fermentation process, the substances as tannins, pigments (also known as anthocyanins) that in casing made of natural color to the wine. Most of the red wines like Zinfandel and Petite Sirah are considered to be those with high levels of complexity and component types also as Merlot and Pinot Noir is lighter.
White wines made from different grape variety but the kind of shelled yellow and blue are the most common, even the dark grapes can produce white wine if the grape skins are removed earlier . The majority of white wines such as Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc and Pinot Gris are the most delicious new drink. White wines have very specific light levels.
The red wines are often mistaken for blending red wine and white wine. This may be true with cheap wines and mass production as Blush. However, with the kind of high quality such as White Zinfandel and Grenache, the back is made from dark grapes were peeled to create light colored wine. As with white wines, red wines also made from the finest fruits and drinking when new.
The sparkling wines like Champagne in the initial phase extraction is the same as the conventional wines. But this wine also has a second fermentation stage to produce bubbles. The sparkling wine Champagne is typical, Cava, and Cremant Brut Sparkling. Champagne Rosé wines are prepared by adding a little red wine to white wine before being fermented. With wines have cheap gas, there is no second fermentation stage is that just pumped into carbon dioxide foam, most popular soda.
The dessert wines like Port, Sherry, Madeira and others also called Eiswein wine or fortified wine often. Sugar alcohols are often quite high, so maybe they nicknamed “dessert wine”. Although these wines are often sweet, but not all are like that, so not necessarily always the dessert wine should drink well together with specific desserts.
The fruit wines as wine peach, apple and raspberry wine made from the fruit style each fruit separately or in combination with more grapes. Any kind of alcohol in additional ingredients other than grapes flower types are listed in the “fruit wine”.
The special wines
Wine farm wines are made from agricultural products in addition fruits and whole grains. It could be honey, dried fruits, herbs and flowers (dandelion flower of China is an example).
Kosher wines must comply with very strict technological process of the rabbis. There are also other regulations as are not wines contain chemical ingredients like spices gelatin, lactose, glycerin, products made from corn or not wine yeast. Kosher wines mainly for people in the Jewish Sabbath.
The wine is extracted from organic grapes that during care not to use chemical fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides. The rules on organic wine standards in the country are not the same.
The non-alcoholic wines originally extracted wines as well as traditional but more a process to remove most of the alcohol in the wine. To be classified as non-alcoholic wine in the U.S., alcohol concentration to less than 0.5% alcohol.
Choosing wine to match food
Red wine served with meat, white wine drink when eating seafood or poultry. This concept is basic and in most cases are correct. However, there are many other factors that influence the decision to choose what type of wine to your meal. Here are a few tips that will help you.
First and foremost is to individual tastes, preferences themselves decisive than all. Do you like or dislike any kind have no problem at all. Do not try to drink a wine that you do not like just a silly reason you have heard someone say, only you know what you like and dislike only.
When choosing wine with any dish you want to create harmony between food and drink, things do not overwhelm things to do. With red wines, most of which are quite severe alcohol and luxury California wine like Syrah, it feels appropriate to party hearty.
A combined nature interesting contrast is bacon with white wine fresh fruit. The spicy foods like Mexican food, Thai, Chinese or Cajun will be very suitable for sweet wines like Riesling or Pinot Noir.
The cream sauce or cheese dishes needed more wine tastes like cream to balance Chardonnay, Zinfandel or Merlot.
When choosing a dessert wine you should be careful to avoid overload of sweetness. Too much sugar will make the wine and food fights. Not all wines are dessert drink with dessert. Some types, such Eiswein, its just it was a complete and desserts.