Themed journey · 13 chapters
Grape Varieties & Wine Styles
Why wine tastes so different: from grape variety through crossings and clones to the styles winemakers create from them – dry or sweet, still or sparkling.
Chapter 1What Is a Grape Variety?Vitis vinifera Explained
Chapter 2Crossings, Clones, and PIWIsNew Varieties Emerge
Chapter 3The Great White Grape VarietiesGlobal White Classics
Chapter 4Aromatic White Grape VarietiesFragrance Without an Oak Barrel
Chapter 5The Great Red Grape VarietiesTannin and World Fame
Chapter 6Native Grape VarietiesGrapes of a Homeland
Chapter 7White Wine StylesTank or Barrel
Chapter 8Red wine stylesExtraction, barrel, aging
Chapter 9RoséBrief skin contact
Chapter 10Sparkling wine stylesBottle, tank, Pét-Nat
Chapter 11Sweet wineConcentrated sweetness
Chapter 12Fortified Wines: Port, Sherry, MadeiraFortified and Oxidative
Chapter 13Orange WineWhite Wine Made Like Red Wine