Red Wine Glass Choice
Red wines will put their best foot forward when poured into and sipped out of a wine glass with adequate room.
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Red Wine Calories
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With evidence to support the health benefits of drinking wine, many health conscious individuals are particularly interested in the red wine calories in each glass they pour.
Red wine
Red wine is an alcoholic beverage produced from fermented grape juice. These wines are dry or sweet and fruity, depending on the grapes from which they are made.
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Red wine making
The steps in the red wine making process are:
Crushing and destemming the grapes ...
Merryvale Red Winemaking
Step by Step
Here is a broad overview of how red grapes are transformed into award-winning wine here at Merryvale.
Red wines are wines that vary in color from dark pink to almost black, but are typically reddish to purple.
Red wine astringency can be assertive and yet display very subtle nuances. Many words have been used to describe these.
Red wines can be broken down into:
1a) Cabernet Sauvignon (pronounced Ka-ber-nay Saw-vin-yawn);
1b) Merlot (pronounced Mair-low);
1c) Pinot Noir (pronounced Pee-no Nwar);
1d) Zinfandel (pronounced Zin-fun-del);
1e) Beaujolais ...
Red wine frenzy
It's almost a perfect storm of a wine-news story, the new study published this week in the British journal Nature, hinting that a substance in red wine called resveratrol may protect us against a high-fat diet and, yes, ...
A red wine can be used in all circumstances.
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Choosing wine is ultimately a matter of taste, and the thinking of wine purists has led to a variety of "unbreakable" rules.
Polyphenols in Red Wine
It has long been known that red wine helps keep arteries clean. The question has always been, how? Was it the antioxidants in the red wine?
Luckily for all of us, red wine may be of assistance in turning the tide against Alzheimer's.
Red Wine
On arrival at the winery the black grapes are crushed and de-stalked, but are then pumped direct to the fermentation vats.
Red Wine, Red Grapes
Yes, red, purple/black grapes make red wine. As we discussed in the Tannins v Acidity article, the skin from red, purple or black grapes is what gives the wine its red color, along with its tannins.
Red wine drinkers fall into three basic categories:
The Red Wine Lover - drinks reds anytime, anyplace, and with anything.
Social Wine Drinker - enjoys reds, but goes with whatever the crowd is drinking.
Red Wine
All grapes contain the same kind of green fruity-meat, but red grapes have red skins and in the winemaking process, there is a considerable amount of color, flavors and tannins that are imparted to the final product.
Red Wine:
Red wines are considered more complex than white wines, with lots of different styles. If you want to invest in wines or build a good collection, you should read some of the resources listed here or in the bibliography.
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Leave red wine out. For the sake of the wine, and for yourself, only do this with red wine, never white. Place the cork in the bottle, put the bottle in a dark place, and don't worry about it. This will help for a couple of days.
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Unfiltered Wine
Wine that has been bottled without filtration. Fashionable in quality wines, it avoids a process which many believe strips wine of some flavour and complexity.
Land of red wines, here white wines are almost unknown, Ribera del Duero is capable of expressing excellent quality with intensely concentrated wines, with a full body and among the most longeval of Spain ...
Red wine is made by fermenting the juice with their skins. The skins contain pigment and tannin, and it is these qualities that give red wine its color and long life.
Red wine grapes have naturally occurring anti-oxidants in them which are thought to prevent cells from becoming damaged and may result in a healthier body and longer life.
Red wine grape, fine quality but a minor player in the Bordeaux blend.
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Red wine variety found in Italy, France and surrounding Balkan region. Used to make an aromatic, robust varietal wine with moderate aging potential.
BARBERA [Bar-BEAR-ah] ...
Red wine from Piémont, in Italy, and which comes from the grape variety of the same name.
Bardolino :
A very good wine from Italy, "appellation contrôlée" produced east or Lake Garde.
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Red wines, conversely, grow paler as they age. Young reds range in color from a translucent cherry for lighter wines such as Beaujolais or Pinot Noir to a deep ruby, sometimes with purplish tints, for a Zinfandel or Syrah.
Red wines generally have green bottles.
White table wines generally have tall green or amber bottles. Dessert wines such as Sauternes have white bottles.
Sherries have brown bottles.
Champagnes have flagon size, heavy bottles.
Red wines range from Blue-Red, through Red and as they age towards Orange (or brick) Red.
White wines range in color from clear to deep golden, with hints of greens common in lighter wines. As whites age they tend to turn towards brown.
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Red wines from south of France and from Sardinia in Italy have been found to have the highest levels of procyanidins, which are compounds in grape seeds suspected to be responsible for red wine's heart benefits.
A red wine grape found almost exclusively in California. While its origins are undoubtedly European, the exact location and name of its progenitor is one of wine's great mysteries.
In red wine musts, the optimum colour extraction consistent with yeast growth occurs at about 22 to 28 C (72 to 82 F).
The red wine variety of Greco, Greco nero, is the most widely planted Greco variety in Italy with an estimated 7,900 acres (3,200 hectares) planted. Most Greco nero is found in the Calabria region where it is often blended with Gaglioppo.
RED, RED WINE
For most red wines, winemakers crush, sulphite and inoculate the grapes and allow the juice to ferment in contact with the skins and pulp for 2 to 5 days at temperatures between 70° and 80° F (pinot noir is often allowed to go to 95° F).
Most red wines and some whites are fermented and/or matured in oak barrels of varying sizes. Oak adds flavour, texture and complexity to wines. Barriques hold 225 litres, hogsheads 300 litres and puncheons 500 litres.
Great red wines that can be aged for decades typically are very tannic. It is the tannins that break down over the course of the bottle's life to mellow the wine and allow the wine to incorporate over the years.
BAGA: Red wine grape widely grown in the Bairada DOC, Beiras region of Portugal. Produces acidic, tannic wines capable of aging well; especially the "garrafeira" (special reserve) versions.
BAGA: Red wine grape widely grown in the Bairada DOC, Beiras region of Portugal. It is apparently directly derived from an Aramon and Petit Bouschet cross.
A mellow red wine and a smooth, silky texture that will leave no acidity on the palate.
Vigorous
Healthy, lively, firm, and youthful. Opposite of insipid and flabby.
A red wine grape native to and grown in Hungary and Bulgaria, where it is known as Gamza. Blended with Blaufrankisch, a Gamay clone, to make Egri Bikaver, Hungary`s hallmark dry, medium-bodied red blend.
Describes red wines that show plenty of concentration and a chewy quality. They may even have an aroma of cooked meat.
Mercaptans
An unpleasant, rubbery smell of old sulfur; encountered mainly in very old white wines.
Durif, red wine grape that is considered by some a cross between Syrah and a variety called Peloursin, grown in the Rhône valley in the late 19th and up to the middle of the 20th century.
BAGA:
Red wine grape widely grown in Portugal. Produces acidic, tannic wines capable of aging well.
Cellar aged red wines at their peak will show a deep golden-orange colour as it thins at the surface edge. If the wine colour has deepened into a distinctly brown-orange tint at the edge it usually indicates a wine past its peak and declining.
Inky: A red wine that tastes metallic, acidic and often rather thin.
Lean: A thin wine lacking in fruit but not acid.
Legs: Columns of wine that trickle down the inside of a glass that indicates high alcohol content in wine.
Sediment:As red wines age, color pigments and tannins bond together and fall out of solution, producing a natural sediment. While the sediment is not harmful, it tastes bitter and adversely affects the wine's mouthfeel.
Tired
A tired wine is uninteresting, old and dull. It has oxidized and the taste long since peaked, much like a wine writer who has been at his craft too long and is grumpy in all his assessments.
Barbaresco: Red wine from the Northern region of Piedmont, Italy. It is lighter than a Barolo and made from Nebbiolo grapes.
Quite common in red wines, particularly Merlot, Pinot Noir and Chianti's.
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browning
As red wines age, their color changes from ruby/purple to dark ruby, to medium ruby, to ruby with an amber edge, to ruby with a brown edge. When a wine is browning it is usually fully mature and not likely to get better.
Varieties for red wines
André
Origin: (Blaufränkisch (Lemberger) x St. Laurent). The variety was created in Velké Pavlovice in 1961. It was named after CH. K.
Mulled Wine
Red wine that has been mixed with sugar, lemon, and spices, usually including cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg. Served hot.
Red winemaking process in which tannins, pigments and flavour compounds are released from the grape skins in the fermentation vessel.
Merlot
Fine red wine grape widely planted in Bordeaux and California. Often blended with Cabernet Sauvignon.
Mesoclimate
The unique climate of a subsection of a wine region.
Charbono: A red wine grape originally from Italy but now grown elsewhere as well. It produces full-bodied, often tannic wines, highly prized by some; yet it hasn't achieved widespread acceptance around the world.
For example, most red wines are very strong and can over power food. That's why steak and other hearty foods are paired with red wines - because the hearty foods can stand up to the strong red wine.
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Port
A sweet red wine that is made by adding neutral grape spirit (brandy) to the unfinished wine. This is the process known as fortification and increases the alcohol level.
 See also: Wine, Red, Grape, White, Region
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