A rich and waxy southern Italian white grape. Its roots are in Avellino, Campania. It makes wines of light to medium intensity aromatics but with a waxy texture and bolder flavours of ree fruit like pear and green apple. Many well made versions have the ability to age well.
The signature white wine of Piedmont, Italy grown mainly in the Langhe region in the hills of Roero. It can be a stubborn grape to grow and vinify and this is reflected in its name which means a temperamental person in the local dialect. Medium weight with medium to medium high acidity and flavours of […]
A lowish acid white French wine grape suited to cool climates. Its origins are a bit complicated; it has been traced back to Alsace-Lorraine though many other white grapes in north-eastern France have been dubbed as “Auxerrois” such as Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris and Chardonnay. It is said to be a natural progeny of Pinot […]
Scheurebe (pronounced “Shoy-ray-bah” ) is a white German Vitis Vinifera resulting from a cross of Riesling with Silvaner. The goal was to create a superior Sylvaner. It is grown mainly in Austria and Germany (and now in Nova Scotia!) and, like Riesling, makes a range of balanced wine styles; from sweet to dry.
This is a full bodied white wine from Northern Spain (where it goes by Garnacha Blanca) and is planted widely in southern France regions. It is a heat loving grape that ripens to high sugar levels and as a consequence makes full bodied and relatively high alcohol wines when fermented dry. It has pronounced aromatics […]
Verdejo (“Ver-day-ho”) is a high quality white wine grape grown mainly in Spain’s Rueda region. The wine has medium to pronounced aromatics and flavours of lime, lemon, grapefruit, grass, fennel and white blossom. The wines are medium to full bodied and have medium to high acidity. There are good oak aged versions and with age […]
Melon de Bourgogne is the grape that produces the wine called “Muscadet”. Planted in the area around Nantes on the coast of Brittany in western France. This is where the Loire Valley flows into the Atlantic Ocean. The grape is relatively neutral, the wines are light bodied and crisp with a distinct maritime influence of […]
This grape has Spanish origins where it goes by the names of Monastrell or Mataro. It may, however, be more commonly known by its French name, Mourvedre. It is a heat loving grape and loves a dry climate as it is susceptible to mildews and cold winters. In France its choice growing locations are the […]
