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Different Types of Wine – 8 Common Types. What is Wine Made From?

• Taste: Black Cherry, Black Currant, Baking Spices and Cedar (from oak).
  
• Style: Full-bodied Red Wine.
  
• Description:  First, Cabernet Sauvignon is a full-bodied red grape first heavily planted in the Bordeaux region. Today, it’s the most popular wine variety in the world. Moreover, Wines of this type are full-bodied with bold tannins and a long persistent finish. Driven mostly by the higher levels of alcohol and tannin that often accompany these wines.
  
• Food Pairing: lamb, beef, smoked meats, French, American, firm cheeses (such as aged cheddar) and hard cheeses (like Pecorino).
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2.  Syrah (a.k.a. Shiraz)

• Taste: Include; Blueberry, plum, tobacco, meat, black pepper and violet.
• Style: Full-bodied Red Wine.
• Description: In addition, Syrah is a full-bodied red wine that’s heavily planted in the Rhône Valley in France and Australia. These wines have intense fruit flavors and middleweight tannins. Furthermore, Syrah is commonly blended with Grenache and Mourvèdre to create the red Rhône blend. Hence, This wine often has an aggressively meaty (beef broth, jerky) quality.
• Food Pairing: Include; lamb, beef, smoked meats; Mediterranean, French, and American firm cheeses (like white cheddar). And hard cheeses like Manchego.

3.  Zinfandel (Zin-fan-dell).

• Taste: A broad, exotic array of fruits from.
  • stone (overripe nectarine).
  • red (raspberry, sour cherry).
  • blue (plum, blueberry).
  • black (blackberry, boysenberry).
  • Asian 5 Spice Powder, Sweet Tobacco.
• Style: Medium-bodied to full-bodied Red Wine.
• Description: Zinfandel (aka Primitivo) is a medium-bodied red wine that originated in Croatia. Furthermore, these Wines are fruit-forward and spicy with a medium length finish. In addition, Zinfandel is a red grape that may be better known as the rosé wine White Zinfandel.
• Food Pairing: Include; chicken, pork, cured meat, lamb and beef. As well as barbecue, Italian, American, Chinese, Thai, Indian, full-flavored like cheddar and firm cheeses such as Manchego.

4.  Pinot Noir (Pee-no Nwar). Different Types of Wine.

• Taste: Very red fruited (cherry, cranberry) and red-floral (rose). Often with appealing vegetal notes of beet, rhubarb, or mushroom.
• Style: Lighter-bodied Red Wine with higher acid and soft tannin.
• Description: Pinot Noir is a dry light-bodied first widely planted in France. The wines always lead with higher acid and soft tannins.
• Food Pairing: chicken, pork, veal, duck, cured meat, French, German, cream sauces, soft cheeses, nutty medium-firm cheeses like Gruyère.

5.  Chardonnay (Shar-dun-nay). Different Types of Wine.

• Taste Include:
  •  Yellow citrus (Meyer lemon).
  • yellow pomaceous fruits (yellow pear and apple).
  • and tropical fruits (banana, pineapple).
  • often cinnamon, butterscotch, and toasted caramel notes (from oak).
• Style: Medium to full-bodied white wine.
• Description: First of all, Chardonnay is a dry full-bodied white wine. It was planted in large quantities for the first time in France. Also, Oak-aged Chardonnay will have spicy, bourbon-y notes. On another note, Un-oaked wines are lighter and zesty with apple and citrus flavors. Chardonnay is the white grape of Burgundy.
• Food Pairing: lobster, crab, shrimp, chicken, pork, mushroom, French, cream sauces, soft cheeses such as triple cream brie, medium-firm cheeses like Gruyère.

  6.  Sauvignon Blanc (Saw-vin-yawn Blonk).

  • Taste: Aggressively-citrus-driven (grapefruit pith), with some exotic fruits (honeydew melon, passion fruit, kiwi). Always an herbaceous quality (grass, mint, green pepper).
  • Style: Light-bodied to medium-bodied white wine.
    Description: Sauvignon Blanc is a dry white grape. First widely planted in France. Wines are tart, typically with herbal green fruit flavors. Sauvignon Blanc is a parent grape of Cabernet Sauvignon.
    Food Pairing: fish, chicken, pork, veal, Mexican, Vietnamese, French, herb-crusted goat cheese, nutty cheeses such as Gruyère.

  7.  Pinot Gris (Pee-no Gree) *aka Pinot Grigio.*

• • Taste: Delicate citrus (lime water, orange zest) and pomaceous fruits (apple skin, pear sauce). White floral notes and cheese rind (from lees usage).
    
  • Style: Light-bodied White Wine.
    
  • Description: Pinot Gris is a dry light-bodied white grape that is planted heavily in Italy. But also in France and Germany. Wines are light to middle-weight and easy drinking. Often with some bitter flavor on the palate (bitter almond, quinine).
    
  • Food Pairing: Salad, delicate poached fish, light and mild cheeses.

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 8.  Riesling (Reese-ling).

• Taste: Citrus (kefir lime, lemon juice) and stone-fruit (white peach, nectarine). Always feature prominently, although there are also usually floral and sweet herbal elements as well.
  
• Style: Floral and fruit-driven aromatic white that comes in variable sweetness. Some producers choose not to ferment all the grape sugar and therefore make the wine in an “off-dry” style.
  
• Description: Always very high in acid, when made as a table wine Rieslings can be harmoniously sweet (sweet and sour) or dry (very acidic). The wine is polarizing because some people find dry styles too acidic and sweet styles too cloying, but sweetness is always a wine making decision and not inherent to the grape.
  
• Food Pairing: chicken, pork, duck, turkey, cured meat, Indian, Thai, Vietnamese, Moroccan, German, washed-rind cheeses and fondue.

• In conclusion, different types of wine is here. First, have you ever wondered how many different types of Wine there are? On this Note, here are the 8 most common types of Wine. More importantly, experience their taste, style, description and food pairings. Furthermore, learn how to drink fine wine with it’s food pairings and make your wine more eventful. Moreover wine and fine wine goes so much better with their pairings. Experience how food can bring out each wines unique and complex flavors.