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1. Wine for Health October 26, 2009 Wines that have sugar in them and tastes sweet are called sweet wines. Sweet wines are prepared from different types of grapes from different methods and are found in different regions. One type of sweet wine is Sweet Red Wine. Sweet red wine is found in many wine producing countries of the world. These wines are served after dinner as dessert. They can be also paired with cheeses like Port and Stilton. Different types of sweet red wine are discussed below. • Fortified wines: When grapes are fermented close to dryness, there is no sugar in them. If you halt the fermentation of sugar, it ret... (read more) Author: roy sain

2. Vintage wines for passionate wine tasters and not only! October 08, 2009 Vintage wines are made from grapes grown in a certain year and they are labeled as such. Many countries allow a little part of the grape quantity for vintage wine to not be from the labeled year, but not more than five percent, for example, in the United States. There is a special wine which is made only from grapes of a declared vintage year, also known as Port wine. This unique wine is a Portuguese wine and is fortified with distilled grapes spirits (similar to Brandy) to halt the fermentation and keep the rest of sugar in wine. This is the reason why vintage ports are much sweeter than othe... (read more) Author: Alice Brooks

3. The Muscat Wine Family - An Overview September 24, 2009 Muscat is best described as a family of grapes, rather than a single variety. Many strains and mutations of the grape exist, from Muscat Blanc à Petit Grains (the noblest type) to Muscat of Alexandria (the workhorse). The grapes can produce everything from pale, light, sparkling wines to inky, black, occasionally fortified offerings. To our mind, Muscat is an overlooked family, often unfairly derided, and certainly underplanted. Not fair for a vine group thought to be the oldest in civilisation! Muscat is unique in that it is famous for actually smelling of grapes. It is also generally one of ... (read more) Author: Pip Martin

4. Choosing a good wine September 10, 2009 Here are some tips on how to choose a wine from its appearance, smell and taste: 1. When choosing a good bottle of wine, it must be free from floating particles. Some winemakers, wine maker house forget to disinfect their work leaving residues in bottled wine. Do not choose wines that look ethereal, this may indicate that the wine is pale. The color of the wine depends on its type. Fortified wines are pale yellow, red wines are purple, amber and mahogany, white wines are the other colorless or pale yellow to a darker color of gold and amber. To taste the substance of the wine... (read more) Author: Daniel Bureau

5. Things you can do with Port besides drinking it September 10, 2009 No doubt about it - Port is best consumed the way God intended - in a crystal glass slightly below room temperature. Preferably in the company of good friends. However, it is quite a versatile little beverage. Port is a type of fortified wine which hails from the Douro Valley in the Northern provinces of Portugal. It is typically a sweet red wine - but also comes in the not-so-sweet, dry, white and various other varieties. There are more than one hundred varieties of grapes that are used to produce Port. The most widely used and popular varieties seem to be Tinta Barroca, Tinta Cão... (read more) Author: Luso Walsh

6. Wine - Canberra Wines June 09, 2009 There are many different types of wines. For starters, wines are divided into basic groups such as red wine, white wine, rose wine, fortified wine and so on. The most basic division of wines occurs depending on whether the wine is produced from either red grapes or green grapes. Secondly, wines are further sub-divided based on the type of grape that is used. There are many different types of grapes that exist in both red as well as green grapes. Lastly the wines are classified based on the process that is used during the brewing and fermenting process. Shaw Vineyard Estate was set up in ... (read more) Author: Jerry Wiser

7. An Insider's Guide to Provence - Le Castellet March 30, 2009 Le Castellet is a beautifully quaint little medieval village, perched on a hill about a 10-15 minute scenic drive through the vineyards from Bandol. (And if you're travelling to Le Castellet from Bandol, you'll go right past my favourite wine producer Domaine Le Galantin in Plan du Castellet!) There are fantastic views of the surrounding countryside and across the valley to its better-known rival La Cadiere d'Azur.The village retains its fortified look - there are still sections of the ancient ramparts remaining, along with a couple of the old fortified "portes". The winding streets are a... (read more) Author: sue aitken

8. How Is Wine Produced January 06, 2009 Wine, which is a drink we all know and love, is produced from fruits such as grapes and berries by drying and then fermenting them. Once the fruits ferment, the sugar within the fruit will turn into alcohol. The wine will display a different color, taste, and aroma depending on the type of fruit that it was made from. Wine is divided into three main categories - fortified, sparkling, and table. Wine is known as fortified when a bit of brandy is added into it to enrich the alcohol. Wine is deemed as sparkling when it has the right level of C02. Table wine, the third category, is wine in ... (read more) Author: Jerry Shannon

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