Showing posts with label White wine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label White wine. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Wine Courses in Italy: discovering Italian Wines

Author: Scuola Leonardo Da Vinci
Talking about Italy, we cannot forget mentioning its wines. Wine is part of Italian history, tradition and culture. A passion born many decades ago, an emotion coming from the heart and deeply related with food.
But often you happen to drink a wine without knowing if it's really good or where it comes from, or you find it difficult to read the label or combine it with good food.

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Tuesday, December 28, 2010

A Wine Lover's Nearly Weekly Review Of $15 Wine - A Southern Italian Falanghina

Author: Levi Reiss

One of my very first Italian wine reviews was a really impressed Falanghina white from the region of Molise in central Italy. Now a few years later I'll be tasting this same grape from the neighboring region of Campania in southern Italy. The producer has been in the wine business for just under 100 years. The grapes were grown on the slopes of the Taburno mountains. So we have two good signs but of course can\'t be sure until we taste the actual wine. The producer's website has an English language version that gives lots of information about their wines.

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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Trebbiano d'Abruzzo Doc "Uno" 2008

Azienda vitivinicola: Collefrisio - Abruzzo (www.collefrisio.it)
Grapes: Trebbiano d'Abruzzo 100%
Color: Straw-like yellow colour with green reflections.
Bouquet: A strong fruity scent, containing hints of apple, banana, camomile and mulberry
Taste: A well bilance and lasting taste.

Produced in the province of Chieti, in the southern part of Abruzzo.
The azienda was started in 2004 by two young men - Amedeo De Luca and Antonio Patricelli, who are running a modern winery.
The grapes are cultivated by biological principals but the intention is not to produce biological wines.

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Friday, February 19, 2010

An intro to chardonnay

Author: Shannon Hathaway

Chardonnay grape is the freshest sort of white wine, found all around the globe. The flavor, taste, and odour of it will though, depending on where it was made and what processing methods were used. Chardonnay has a spread of different styles and flavours, and remains a major kind of grape. As a consequence of it's approval, this fine wine spread through Europe and other locations of the planet like Australia and California. As more wine makers discovered Chardonnay, the fine wine started to grow quite well in SA and other areas too. With it being a non scent type wine, oak appears to work very well with it.

The wealthiest and most complex are American and French Chardonnay, which are also among the most preferred white wines. Although it does suffer from fatigue, the flavor and richness of this wine will keep it loved by many for years ahead.Chardonnay originated from the Burgundy and Poo area of France. Though white Burgundy is a well-liked wine that's prepared with Aligote, a less well-known grape, the fact is that white Burgundy can not be made without the employment of Chardonnay grape. What this shows, is that Chardonnay grapes have more than one or two uses. In appearance, Chardonnay grapes are green in color with thin skins.

The grape is an effect of the Pinot and Croatian Blanc grape, which are extinct to this day. Chardonnay on the other hand is still favored, fermented and aged using oak barrels that help in bringing out the vanilla flavor the wine is sometimes famous for. It may be aged and fermented using bottles, even though it will not age quite as much as red wine. About all Chardonnay wines are alleged to be chilled, making them work surprisingly well with dishes that contain butter and cheeses. The wines also have less acid content too which makes them work fine with seafood also.

There are tons of food that you can pair Chardonnay with, which is what makes it so well-liked.Masses of fine cafes serve it also especially Italian and seafood eateries. The Chardonnay grape could also be employed in making Poo and other categories of champagnes. Though Chardonnay wine is the most up to date use, there are countless other uses for the grape that can open the way to some basically fine wines. Oak is sometimes times used with the wine as well, which supplies it with some great tastes as it ages. Even though it could be a bit on the pricey side, it remains one of the most preferred types of wine. You can find it at any wine or alcohol store - making it a welcome boost to your wine or drink collection.Want to find out more about wine, visit Painted Wine Glasses Blog.

Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/wines-and-spirits-articles/an-intro-to-chardonnay-1876007.html

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Thursday, February 18, 2010

Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Doc Classico "Albiano" 2008

Azienda vitivinicola: Marotti Campi (www.marotticampi.it)
Grapes: Verdicchio 100%
Color: Straw yellow with green reflections
Bouquet: Intense, of yellow flowers and hawthorn
Taste: Dry, full-flavoured, fresh with slight almond notes

This Verdicchio-wine is produced in the area of Morro d'Alba in the Ancona-province of Marche.
Good with antipasti, light dishes, pasta and fish.
Serve at 12°C

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