Wine Guide — Basics
Guide to Sparkling Wine Spectrum
Sparkling wine is all about creating secondary fermentation. With the right mix of yeast, sugar & wine in a closed environment like a bottle, still wines become bubbly as the carbon dioxide released by the yeast has nowhere to go. What makes a good or bad sparkling is where it happens & how long.
Guide to the White Wine Spectrum
White wines do often draw less of a prestige than the reds, but coveted Chardonnays & Rieslings have fetched rocketing prices as well.
Similar to red wines, white wines also live on a spectrum. You have light & racy acidity on one side, as well as aromatic & bodied on the other. This makes it easy to choose something too acidic, dry, sweet, green, heavy for your taste.
Guide to the Red Wine Spectrum
Ever been told to bring a bottle of red wine to a party, and be flabergasted when looking at the wine aisle in a specialty store or supermarket? Well, you're not alone, and to be honest it's not easy to seek out the "right" bottle.
There are tonnes of different red grape varietals out there, but the easiest way to categorise them would be based on whether the wine is light, medium or full bodied.
Orange Wines - Skin Contact White Wines
Orange wine is, in it's simplest explanation, rose wine made from white grapes. The process is relatively similar, with some differences in timeframe. But it's these differences that make it a distinctive wine style.
