Amarone • Asti • Barolo • Beaujolais • Bordeaux • Burgundy • Chablis • Champagne • Chianti • Commandaria • Dão • Egri Bikavér (Bull's Blood) • Madeira • Marsala • Port • Retsina • Rhône • Rioja • Sancerre • Sauternes • Sherry • Tokaji • Valpolicella • Vermouth • Vinho Verde • Vouvray • Wachau A glass of red wine This article is about the alcoholic beverage. ... Winemakers often use carboys like these for ferment smaller quantities of wine Winemaking, or vinification, is the process of wine production, from the selection of grapes to the bottling of finished wine. ... A glass of red wine This article is about the alcoholic beverage. ... Rosé is a type of wine that is neither purely red wine nor purely white wine. ... A glass of sparkling wine A Sparkling wine cork Sparkling wine is a wine with significant levels of carbon dioxide in it making it fizzy. ... Dessert wines are those wines which are typically served with dessert, although they are also drunk on their own, i. ... A fortified wine is a wine to which additional alcohol has been added, most commonly in the form of brandy (a spirit distilled from wine). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Fruit wine. ... Grapes for ice wine, still frozen on the vine. ... Amarone della Valpolicella is an often powerful Italian wine made from dried grapes of the Corvina, Rondinella, and Molinara varieties. ... Castle and Village of Barolo. ... Beaujolais is a historical province and a wine-producing region in France. ... Bordeaux wine, refers to all wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France. ... Chardonnay vineyards in the south of the Côte de Beaune surrounding the town of Meursault. ... It has been suggested that Chablis AOC be merged into this article or section. ... Champagne is often consumed as part of a celebration Champagne is a sparkling wine produced by inducing the in-bottle secondary fermentation of wine to effect carbonation. ... Chianti is Italys most famous red wine. ... Commandaria is an amber-colored dessert wine made from the indigenous Mavro and Xynistery varieties of red grapes in the Commandaria region of Cyprus (centered near the city of Kolossi). ... Dão Wine (or Vinho do Dão) is from the Região Demarcada do Dão, a region demarcated in 1908, but already in 1390 there were taken some measures to protect this wine. ... Egri Bikavér (Bulls Blood) is one of the most reputed and traditional Hungarian wines besides the Tokaji wines. ... Madeira is a fortified wine made in the Madeira Islands of Portugal, which is prized equally for drinking and cooking; the latter use including the dessert plum in Madeira. ... Marsala is the name for a wine produced in the region surrounding the Italian city of Marsala in Sicily. ... A glass of tawny port. ... Retsina is a Greek resinated white (or rosé) wine dating back at least 2700 years. ... The Rhône wine region is first divided into north and south. ... Rioja Wine Rioja is a wine from a region named after the Rio Oja in Spain, a tributary of the Ebro. ... Sancerre is one of the most famous white wines in France named from the town Sancerre. ... A half bottle of Sauternes from Château dYquem Sauternes is a type of dessert wine made from Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc, and Muscadelle grapes that have been affected by Botrytis cinerea, also known as noble rot. ... Sherry solera Sherry is a type of wine originally produced in and around the town of Jerez, Spain; and hence in Spanish it is called Vino de Jerez. The towns Persian name during the Rustamid period was Xerex (Shariz, in Persian شريش), from which both sherry and Jerez are derived. ... Tokaj cellar Tokaji, meaning of Tokaj in Hungarian, is used to label wines from the wine region of Tokaj-Hegyalja in Hungary. ... Valpolicella is a zone of the province of Verona, Italy, east of Lake Garda. ... Vermouth is a fortified wine flavored with aromatic herbs and spices (aromatized in the trade) in recipes that are closely-guarded trade secrets. ... Vinho Verde is Portuguese and literally means Green Wine. There are red, white and, more rarely, rosé varieties of the appellation Vinho Verde, but only the white wines are exported. ... Vouvray, from the region of the same name is made through the vinification of the Chenin Blanc grape. ... Stift Melk, Wachau (Wachau is also the name of a municipality in the district of Kamenz in Saxony, Germany: see Wachau, Saxony). ...

White — Albariño • Chardonnay • Chenin blanc • Gewürztraminer • Grüner Veltliner • Muscat • Pinot blanc • Pinot gris/Grigio • Riesling • Sauvignon blanc • Sémillon • Viognier Varietal describes wines made from a single named grape variety. ... Cabernet Franc is a red wine grape variety similar to and a parent of Cabernet Sauvignon. ... Cabernet Sauvignon is a variety of red grape mainly used for wine production, and is, along with Chardonnay, one of the most widely-planted of the worlds noble grape varieties. ... The Carmenere grape is a wine grape variety originally planted in the Médoc region of Bordeaux, France where it is used to produce deep red wines occasionally used for blending purposes in the same manner as Petit Verdot. ... A California Gamay Gamay is a purple-colored grape variety used to make red wines, most notably grown in Beaujolais. ... Grenache is a sweet red grape variety grown primarily for the making of wine. ... Malbec is a black, mellow grape variety originally grown in France, in the Loire Valley and Cahors. ... Merlot is a red wine grape that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines. ... Categories: Stub | Fruit | Grape varieties ... Petit verdot is a variety of black grape used in the production of red wine, principally in blends with Cabernet Sauvignon. ... Durif (or Dufiff) is a minor variety of red wine grape grown in France, California and Australia. ... Pinotage is a wine grape that is a cross between Pinot Noir and Cinsault (called Hermitage in South Africa and parts of Europe, hence the portmanteau name of this grape variety). ... Pinot noir grapes at Chehalem Ridgecrest Vineyard, Newberg, Oregon Pinot noir is a variety of Vitis vinifera, the red grape used commonly in winemaking. ... Sangiovese (synonyms: Sangiovese grosso, Brunello, Uva brunella, Morellino, Prugnolo, Prugnolo gentile, Sangioveto, Tignolo and Uva Canina) is a red wine grape variety originating in Italy where it is now recognised as a superior variety. ... Shiraz grapes have a characteristicly deep purple color that is reflected in their wine. ... Tempranillo is a variety of vitis vinifera, the red grape used commonly in winemaking. ... Zinfandel, also known as Zin, is a red-skinned wine grape popular in California for its intense fruitiness and lush texture. ... Albariño (ahl-bar-EEN-yoh – Galician) or Alvarinho (ahl-vah-REE-nyoh – Portuguese) is a variety of white wine grape grown in Galicia (northwest Spain) and northern Portugal, where it is used to make varietal white wines. ... Oak-aged Chardonnay is particularly popular in the United States. ... Chenin Blanc (or often simply Chenin) is a widely grown wine grape variety, also known as Steen in South Africa, Pineau de la Loire in the Loire region of France. ... Gewürztraminer is a white wine grape variety. ... Grüner Veltliner, also known as (Green) Veltliner, is a grape variety widely grown in Austria. ... For other uses, see muscat. ... Pinot Blanc is a white wine grape. ... Pinot Gris (or Tokay Pinot Gris) is a white wine grape of species Vitis vinifera related to Pinot noir which goes by a lot of other names: Pinot Grigio (Italy) Pinot Beurot (Loire Valley, France) Ruländer (Austria and Germany, Romania, sweet) Grauburgunder or Grauer burgunder (Austria and Germany, dry... Ripe grapes of Riesling Riesling is a white grape variety and varietal appellation of wines grown historically in Alsace (France), Austria, Germany (see German wine), and northern Italy. ... Sauvignon blanc is a white wine grape probably originating in the Bordeaux region of France that is now planted in much of the worlds winelands producing a crisp dry refreshing white varietal wine. ... Sémillon is a golden-skinned grape used to make dry and sweet white wines, most notably in France and Australia. ... Voignier is a white wine grape. ...