Friday 3 February 2012

Popular types of Wine

Wine comes in basically two types based on color of grapes, red (from black or red grapes) and white (from white grapes). Grapes of different colors can have many varieties, which are the reason; types of wine are so many on Wine Suppliers. Clients or consumers are the most well-known with names given to the various varieties of grapes. The variety of grapes is the most crucial factor in taste of wine. The very common type of red wine is cabernet sauvignon.


Merlot is another type of red wine that has flavors of coffee and cherry. Grenache is also a red wine made from grapes that has flavor of raspberry or smoky. The very common and most purchased types of wines are chardonnays. Chardonnay contains taste of fruits mixed with flavor of vanilla. White Zinfandel is very popular type of white wine it has sweet taste and to produce this wine, red zinfandel grapes have their skins detached during processing, giving a cherry end result.