Wine Tips:

Wine Tasting Tips

The French drink wine as a daily part of their life.

Here are some tips and trivia:

The French wines are named after the region, not the grape.

For example, if you want a Chardonnay, you would want to look for a Burgundy. The Bourgogne region (Burgundy) produces white wines from the Chardonnay grape and red wines from Pinot Noir.

 There are 11 main wine growing regions in France:

Alsace, Bordeaux, Bourgogne, Champagne, Languedoc-Roussillon,

 Loire Valley, Provence, Rhone Valley,

Savoie, Jura & South West.

There are three categories of wine in France.

The Table wines (Vins de table), Country wines (Vins de Pays)

and Appellation Controlled wines (AOC).

The table wines are produced with grapes from various regions and is ready to drink when purchased.

The country wines are produced with grapes from one region. These wines are more sophisticated than the table wines.

The appellation controlled wines are of the highest quality. There are strict controls over the winemaking process. An AOC wine also would be also be named after the region, for example, Médoc.
 

White wine with Fish or Poultry: White wine does not have a strong overwhelming taste and goes well with foods that are not too powerful. A white wine will compliment the dish,

where a red wine may overpower the dish.

Red wine & meat: Red wine contains tannins that react with protein. The reaction causes the wine's softer, fruity taste to develop in your mouth. Red wines go well with foods that have a strong taste.

Give red wines a minute to breathe, then swirl in glass.

The "legs" a wine produces will tell you how much sugar

 was used in the wine.

Smell the bouquet of the wine, then take a sip and
notice the taste in your mouth and try to detect
an aftertaste.

A Votre Santé !!! 
 

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