It is a famous red wine from Hungary, produced on the hills of the village of Eger, about a hundred kilometers from Budapest. It is made from the excellent Hungarian Kadarka grape variety and a few varieties of French origin, including Cabernet and Gamay. The vineyard was hard hit by Read more…
It is the best sweet wine in Romania, produced in the Doubroudja region, on sunny hills not far from the Black Sea. Contrary to the other vineyards of Romania, which are quite scattered, this one is gathered on more than 800 ha. Its main grape varieties are Pinot Gris, Riesling, Read more…
A “Cru Bourgeois” is a type of Cru that is considered beneath the renowned and aristocratic “Cru Classés” of the Medoc region (Bordeaux, France).
Even though some of the top Cru Classés can show lower quality than the best Cru Bougeois, this category is known for having some of the best value for money in the Medoc.
“Vin Santo” is an Italian term that can be literally translated as “Holy Wine”. It is an Amber-Colored sweet wine (dessert wine) mainly produced in Tuscany (Italy), other central Italian regions, and sometimes in the Trentino region (Italy). It is often produced with Trebbiano and Malvasia local white grapes that Read more…
“Cru” is a French term employed to designate a specific vineyard of a superior quality. It is often translated in English by the term “growth”. Therefore, “Premiers Crus” in Bordeaux can be translated as “First Growth” whereas “Grands Crus” in Burgundy can be considered as the “Highest Growth” in the Read more…
There are several ways to answer this question about the different types of wine. The easiest answer would be to use several segments to cover a very wide spectrum of all the different wines in the world. Below are the different segments that I am suggesting to help wine novices Read more…
If you are a complete beginner or stanger to the world of wine but you are eager to start learning and educating yourself, well, you have come to the right place. My first advice to you will be to stay away from the fully theoretical courses that do not offer Read more…
Very often, you will hear the term “Appellation wine” from European people talking about wines. French people talk about “Vins d’Appellation”. Appellation wines fall into the Controlled Appellation category. Most of the time, it is because the speaker wants to make a difference with non-appellation wines in a quality sense Read more…
It happened to me several times to chat with some friends who told me that they would really like to discover the world of wine but did not like their previous experience. While asking questions, I realized that most of the time they started with big wine names, such as Read more…
What are the most expensive wines in the world? What are the most sought-after wines in the world? What are the most prestigious wines in the world?… Those are the common kinds of questions asked by newcomers to the world of wine. While there are numerous ways to respond to Read more…
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