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Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Sauvignon is the king of all red wine grapes. It is grown in all major wine producing countries, but in California it seems to garner the highest honors.
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Chardonnay
Chardonnay is widely considered to be the greatest of the white wine grapes. That statement may be cause debate especially with the lovers of the great Rieslings from Germany, Sauternes from Bordeaux, or Sauvignon Blancs from New Zealand.
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Merlot
Merlot is grown in all major wine producing countries, but in California it seems to garner the highest honors. The popularity of Merlot is in due alrge
part by the ease of pronunciation of the grape as well as the ease on the palate
of the grape. Merlot tends to be rather soft and fruity with very slight
tannins.
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Pinot Noir
Pinot noir thrives in France's Burgundy region, particularly in the Côte d'Or which has produced some of the world's most celebrated wines for centuries. In South Africa, pinot noir has been crossed with the cinsaut grape to make a unique variety called pinotage.
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Sauvignon Blanc
Superb wines in France, New Zealand, California, fumé blanc, Australia, South Africa, and Chile. In Bordeaux, it is blended with the semillon
grape to produce dry wines, Graves and the great sweet wines of Sauterne. In the
Loire valley, Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé.
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Syrah / Shiraz
Syrah is a successful grape in Australia (called Shiraz or Hermitage), South Africa, California and France. Wines made from Syrah are often quite powerfully
flavored and full-bodied like red wine in the Rhone Valley of France.
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Zinfandel
Zinfandel is a popular table grape in the Northeast U.S. Zinfandel as a red wine can be made light and fruity, much like French Beaujolais, or lively, complex and age worthy, like Cabernet or claret. Probably best enjoyed in its youth, within three to five years of the vintage.
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