Barolo (barr-oh-low)
A big robust, long-lived, red wine from Piedmont, Italy.
Brunello di Montalcino (brew-nel-lo dah mon-tal-chee-no)
A very long-lived and
exquisite red wine from Tuscany, Italy.
Burgandy (burr-gun-dee)
Famous wine area in southeast
France, known worldwide for
excellent red and white wines.
Cabernet
Sauvignon (ka-behr-nay so-veen-yohng)
Famous red wine grape varietal. Its
origin is from Bordeaux, France.
Chardonnay (shar-doh-nay)
Exquisite white wine grape
varietal. Its origin is both the Burgundy and Champagne districts in France.
Chenin
Blanc (shay-nan-blawnk)
Excellent white wine grape varietal.
Its origin is the Loire Valley of
France
where it goes by the name of Vouvray, first introduced
commercially
in the USA by Robert & Peter Mondavi around 1955.
Chianti
Classico Riserva D.O.C. (key-aunt-tee)
Superb red wine from the Tuscany
area of Italy. It is known
worldwide
as a good wine with most pasta and meat sauce dishes.
Fume
Blanc (foo-may-blawnk)
French name for Sauvignon Blanc
white wine grape varietal. First
introduced
commercially in the USA by Robert Mondavi around
1966.
Fume Blanc has a crispy, smoky, rocky finish.
Gattinara (got-tee-nah-ra)
Outstanding red wine produced in the
Piedmont area of northern Italy.
It’s very
long-lived and needs proper aging.
Gavi (gah-vee)
A crispy, dry excellent white wine
from the Piedmont area of northern
Italy.
Gavi is named after a German princess. It is superb with fish or
chicken
dishes.
Gewurztraminer (guh-verts-tra-mee-ner)
This wine is an excellent Alsatian
white wine grape varietal with
aromatic
aroma and bouquet and a totally dry finish. Great with
barbecue!
Merlot (mare-low)
Red wine grape varietal with origins
in the St. Emilion and Pomerol
parishes
of Bordeaux. This noble grape produces a medium-bodied
or
lighter style red wine.
Nebbiolo (neb-bee-o-low)
Famous red wine grape varietal from
Italy. It is said to be the “anchor”
for the
great Italian red wines.
Pinot Grigio (pee-no-gree-geo)
Noted Italian white wine grape
varietal, it produces a very light and
delicate
white wine. Try the new Danzante by Robert Mondavi and
Marchesi
de Frescobaldi.
Pinot Noir (pee-no n’war)
Very famous red wine grape varietal,
it produces the great red
Burgundy
wines of France.
Riesling (rees’ling)
Famous German white wine grape
varietal that produces low-alcohol,
fresh and
fragrant German Moselle and Rhine wines. The grape was
discovered
by Benedictine monks in 1775.
Sangiovese (san-ge-o-vay-zee)
Excellent Italian red wine grape
varietal. It is the basic grape, along
with
others, for Italian Chianti. In California, it produces a softly dry,
excellent
red varietal wine.
Sauvignon Blanc (so-vee-yohng-blawnk)
A French white wine grape varietal,
it is found both in the Bordeaux
and Loire
Valley wine areas of France. Its attributes include a light,
dry,
crisp taste.
Semillon (say-mee-yohng)
Another fine French white wine grape
varietal, its origin is Bordeaux,
France.
Both France and California blend it to make superb dry or
sweet
wines.
Spatlese (shpate-lay-zuh)
German wine term that means the
grapes are late harvested. The sugar
content
in the grape is higher than in a normal harvest and produces a
sweeter
wine.
Syrah (see-ra)
A very famous Rhone Valley of France
red wine grape varietal, used in
both
Chateauneuf du Pape and Hermitage- both superb-quality Rhone
wines.
Zinfandel (zin-fan-dell)
Excellent California red wine grape
varietal with its origin in Apulia,
Italy,
which is geographically the “heel of the boot” of Italy. Zinfandel
is a
clone of the Sangiovese grape.
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From Great American Guide to Fine Wines, Victor L.
Robilio, Jr., 2002
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