Grape Variety Body Glass Typical Characteristics
Grape Variety Body Glass Typical Characteristics Food-Pairings Famous Regions Other Notes Sparkling Wine Champange - Made Bone-dry, high acidity, citrus (lemon, Great palette cleanser, goes from Pinot Noir, grapefruit) subtle fruits (pear, melon, well with seafood (oysters in Chardonnay, & Pinot peach), oak (vanilla, toast, nuts), and particular), cured meats, Champagne is the region, Brut means dry in French. Meunier Light-bodied Flute earth (smoke, chalk) chicken. not a grape. Extra brut means extra dry Great palette cleanser, great Prosecco - Made from Dry, med-high acidity, subtle fruits with seafood, chicken, pork, Has to be made from 85% Glera (aka prosecco) (green apple, melon, honeysuckle), spicy curries, Southeast Asian Valdobbiadene (Veneto, of the Glera grape to be grapes Light-bodied Flute no oak, no earth food Italy) called prosseco. White Wine Always dry with high acidity, subtle Bordeaux (France), Loire fruits (melon, white peach), citrusy Valley (France), (lime, lemon), no oak, very little Anything green (salads & Malborough (New It's the parent grape to Sauvignon Blanc Light-bodied Aromatic earth, other (grass, dill, jasmine) herbs), fish, poultry, pork Zealand) Cabernet Sauvignon Mostly dry with medium acidity (but sometimes made sweet), citrus (lemon, lime), subtle fruits (apple, Versatile food wine so melon, peach), sometimes with oak experiment with it, seafood, fish, Alsace (France), Alto Pinot Gris/Grigio Light-bodied Aromatic and earth. chicken, pork, duck Adige (Italy) Dry with medium to low acidity, citrus (lemon),
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