Riesling is a white grape variety that is grown in many of the world’s wine regions. It is known for its aromatic qualities, high acidity, and ability to reflect the terroir of the region in which it is grown. Riesling wines can range from bone-dry to very sweet, and are often noted for their complex flavors, which can include notes of citrus, apple, peach, apricot, honey, and petrol
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Beaujolais Nouveau is a type of red wine that is released shortly after the harvest in the Beaujolais region of France. It has become a tradition to release this young and fruity wine on the third Thursday of November each year, just a few weeks after the grapes are harvested
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Chardonnay is a green-skinned grape variety used in the production of white wine.
The variety originated in the Burgundy wine region of eastern France, but is now grown wherever wine is produced, from England to New Zealand. For new and developing wine regions, growing Chardonnay is seen as a ‘rite of passage’ and an easy entry into the international wine market.
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Fortified wine is a wine to which a distilled spirit, usually brandy, has been added. In the course of some centuries, winemakers have developed many different styles of fortified wine, including port, sherry, madeira, Marsala, Commandaria wine, and the aromatised wine vermouth.
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Dessert wines, sometimes called pudding wines, are sweet wines typically served with dessert. There is no simple definition of a dessert wine. In the UK, a dessert wine is considered to be any sweet wine drunk with a meal, as opposed to the white fortified wines (fino and amontillado sherry) drunk before the meal and the red fortified wines (port and madeira) drunk after it. Thus, most fortified wines are regarded as distinct from dessert wines, but some of the less-strong fortified white wines
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Pinot noir is a red wine grape variety of the species Vitis vinifera. The name may also refer to wines created predominantly from Pinot noir grapes. The name is derived from the French words for pine and black. The word pine alludes to the grape variety having tightly clustered, pine cone-shaped bunches of fruit.
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