Vintage charts summarize the quality and character of wines from a particular region for each individual vintage—the year in which the grapes ... Each year, Wine Spectator editors rate new vintages ...

This colossal trawl makes it the perfect complement to last year's publication of Wine Grapes by the doughty Robinson, Harding and Vouillamoz. "This new database charts exactly what varieties are ...

But, set aside the French Crémant or Sekt, other wine regions of the world are slowly representing their proudest grape variety in a unique sparkling way! A few years ago, I was visiting the area of ...

One aspect is the successful wine grape harvests around the world ... But there are some wine varieties and styles that do work perfectly, and it makes sense to pick up a few different ones ...

Rosé can be made from just about any red wine grape variety, so it's produced in varied hues and styles—from pale, light, and crisp to deeply-fruited and almost fuchsia-colored–all over the ...

In the world, there are 10,000 grape varieties, although only 1,500 are still maintained in the vineyard, and only 16 of these represent 50% of those in production. In Spain, the commercial varieties ...

Refers to a wine labeled with a single grape variety. Used predominantly in the United States and Australia, the term "varietal" denotes a wine named after and made from a single grape variety. For ...