Tyroneswine

Zweigelt, a cross between St. Laurent and Blaufrankisch. All indigenuos grapes to Austria, Zweigelt often produces a wine with aromas of dark fruits and spice. The flavor profiles shows, soft tannins, blue berry fruits and exotic spices. Try this wine with pork, chicken or even spicey Asian foods.

Champagne De Montoux Rose’ is, 35% pinot noir, 40% chardonnay and 25% pinot meunier. It’s from a grand cru village called Ay, which means the grapes used are of high quality scoring 100% on the Echelle des Crus or “ladder of growth”. The wine is elegant, with aromas of strawberries, cherries and toast.The palate beems with a lively, yet classy mouthfeel of berries and subtle charwood toast from barrel aging. Well intergrated and structured.

Mostly found in the Peloponnese, the most southerly part of mainland Greece, Moschofilero gives rose-scented, mineral driven, dry, elegant wines,.

The Europeans, in particular, France and Italy, eat and drink according to the seasons. Lighter wines in summer and heavier wines in winter. I find that red wines produced further away from the equator are lighter in style, than those closer to it. This has to do with tannins and alcohol.The warmer the region, the more sugar, higher sugars converts, into higher alcohol. Tannins in grape skins can get rough in warmer regions, because the skin gets tougher in an effort to protect the seeds from excess heat. Anyways, my featured wine is Bourgueil, north of  Bordeaux in the Loire valley, made from Cabernet Franc. These wines are cool, fresh, food friendly and can be served chilled.

Riesling is numbered among the five noble white wine grapes and is mostly misunderstood that, it is always sweet. While the ones we find on the market from places like Germany and to some extent America, have some level of residual sugar, it can range from bone dry to lusciously sweet and everything in between. This Anton Bauer, is a bone dry wine from Austria.

Provence is the only wine region outside of Bordeaux that, has a classification ranking (cru classe) for estates. Based on an evaluation of the estates’ history, winemaking, cellar reputation and overall quality. Rose’ accounts for 80% of production, with grenache and cinsault being the main grapes used. Chateau de Roubine is one of fourteen cru classe’, established on july 20th, 1955.

The wines of the veneto region of northeast Italy, are made in many styles to suit many seasons. From valpolicella classico, ripasso to amarone in valpolicella; to bardolino and chiaretto in bardolino. Both sub-regions are using the corvina grape as the base for the wines. With its cherry, berry flavors and slightly pleasant, herbal bitter twist.