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Bodega Catena Zapata is a family-owned winery located in Mendoza, Argentina, and is one of Argentina’s high-altitude Malbec pioneers. The winery launched in 1902 and, setting up camp in one of the country’s most exciting up-and-coming wine regions, it’s no surprise that it immediately released a successful range of bottles. Its vision is to produce rich and unforgettable wines, something it’s done over time alongside revolutionizing the Argentine wine industry in the last 50 years. It’s a brand that’s won multiple awards over the years and is certainly one to savor. Chateau Latour Appellation: A legally defined and protected geographical area used to identify where grapes for a wine were grown.

If you can assess the colour in the bottle, then clear, bright, jewel tones are ideal for summer sipping. Meatier reds such as Merlot, Cab Sav, Syrah and older vintages generally have a deeper garnet colour with orangey ageing, and are best for cosying up with later in the year. Even if a wine is corked, vinegary, oxidised or sulphury, you can almost always cook with it. As long as you cook it through to alcohol evaporation, the faults disappear with the alcohol. When it comes to preparing and drinking wine, there are differences based on the color of the wine. Red and fortified wines should be served a touch below room temperature, while white, rose, and sparkling wines benefit from a chill. Red wines should be kept in the fridge for around 45 minutes before serving, while white, rose, and sparkling wines can stay in the cool for around two hours. This Sangiovese might be a tad on the expensive side, but we promise it’s worth it. Fresco is a natural wine made from organic grapes using chemical-free farming, low intervention fermentation and winemaking methods. It has all the benefits (fun, interesting, energetic) and none of the downsides (farmyard funk) of the natural wine scene. Wines range from light to full-bodied. Cabernet sauvignon tends to be at the upper limit, with a higher ABV. However, if you prefer something a little lighter, opt for the likes of pinot noir, which tend to be lighter-bodied and lower in strength. How should I serve red wine?This well-priced and well-structured Pinot Noir is easily up to international standards, and a product of Sharpham’s brand new, state-of-the-art winery, where it spent eight months ageing in French oak barrels. It makes for delicious drinking now, but will also improve with age. You might be used to stashing leftover white wine in the fridge, but our experts recommended it for reds, too. There’s no substitute for trying out wines and keeping a note of those you liked and didn’t like. But in the meantime, you can use our guide to the most common varieties to get you started: It’s a great time to experiment with natural wines, too, which can deliver surprising notes such as strawberry milkshake and sherbet.

Then, taste the wine in small sips. Hold it in your mouth for five to 10 seconds and roll it across your tastebuds. Make sure to pay attention to the aftertaste, too: a good quality wine will linger. The top five best wine brands Masseto This year also brought us dueling styles of Chablis, more than a handful of Pinot Grigios that’ll truly blow you away, and three dessert wines that’ll have you skipping your final course and pouring yourself a snifter. Made by cava giants Codorníu using the same techniques as champagne (the second, fizz-giving fermentation takes place in the bottle), but with different grape varieties in Catalonia’s Penedès region. This is a sparkling wine of surprising character and depth for the money, with lime and toasty notes. We also continued to explore the diversity of America’s less heralded wine regions, and were consistently impressed by Finger Lakes, Oregon, and particularly, Virginia offerings. New World red wines refer to wine from everywhere else, but can also be produced in “Old World” regions. Some examples include Pinotage, Merlot and Malbec. Nowadays, both terms are used very broadly, so there is often some crossover.We Brits are known for making crisp, elegant sparkling wines to rival Champagne. But did you know our cool climate and fertile soils, particularly in the South West, add up to the perfect growing conditions for some award-winning Pinot Noir too? Fires yet again devastated parts of California wine country in 2020. The immense impact this had on its wine regions and communities emphasizes that drinking wines from the state to enjoy and support its winemaking regions is tantamount. We’ve consumed some lovely bottles from the Golden State, from Merlot (sorry, “Sideways”), to Petite Sirah, to Zinfandel and Chardonnay. These selections show just how diverse and delicious California wine country can be.

READ NEXT: Our favourite non-alcoholic wines The best red wines to buy in 2022 1. Sharpham Pinot Noir 2019: Best English red wine We’ve focused on affordable and mid-range bottles for this roundup, all of which offer good value for money while being completely delicious.Most Sauvignon Blancs are left as dry white wines, with a few brands preferring to leave a small amount of residual sugar for a richer consistency. It’s a crisp and light wine with flavors of citrus like green apple, lime, and vanilla. Syrah: Thought to be perhaps the best-ever wine produced by Catena, it’s dense and fresh, full-bodied and layered, flavorful and elegant all at once. It’s a wine to please the masses but a bottle that you’d be forgiven for saving for yourself. Featuring aromas of roses and pine needles with hints of spice and tobacco, it’s a wine that just keeps on giving. Enjoy it for its bold and structured notes. Those listed above are the most common varieties of wine, but there are plenty more types and varieties of wine to be discovered. How to drink wine

White wine glasses are typically smaller than red wine glasses, as they don’t need the same surface area to oxidize. When drinking the wine, hold the glass by the stem rather than the bowl. This will help the wine to keep at the same temperature, rather than warming up in your hand.The makers recommend eating with juicy sausages and burgers to balance out the dryness, but we also enjoyed it with cheese, charcuterie and chutneys, which worked nicely with the acidity. Arguably better known in its Spanish spelling, for the albariño wines of Rías Baixas in Galicia, alvarinho from a little further south in the Vinho Verde region can be just as compelling. In this case, it’s also better value: appetisingly light and racy with a Lilt-like zip and tang. It’s safe to say that no other drink has the potential to captivate an audience as wine does. This means that no matter the number on the price tag, your favorite bottle of wine is a priceless investment. As a rule of thumb, if something 'grows' together, it probably goes together. This means Italian wines work well with Italian dishes, and so on. Any wine heavy in tannins will work well with nice fatty food, but for items such as oily fish you're better off with a low-tannin option such as a pinot noir. Decanting wine involves pouring it into a decanter or jug to expose it to oxygen just before drinking. This can soften the tannins and help ‘open up’ the fruity flavours and other aromatic compounds previously masked by the tannin. It can also improve ‘reduced’ wines that have a rubbery flavour, reminiscent of hot water bottles.