Beaujolais Nouveau and Médoc wine in France

When it comes to red wine, France cannot be ignored. France is a world-famous wine producing area with many types of grapes. In the Beaujolais region of Burgundy, wines made from Gamay grapes of that year are even more famous for their freshness.

The Beaujolais fresh wine brewing process is unique. The whole bunch of grapes are first put into a sealed tank, filled with carbon dioxide, and the natural yeast on the grape skin is used to first allow the grapes themselves to undergo a small-scale alcoholic fermentation. The grapes are then crushed to further complete the alcoholic fermentation. Carbon dioxide prevents the wine from being oxidized during the fermentation process. The wine produced is very fresh, with a rich grape fruit aroma and a beautiful light purple color, or ruby ??red. It has a refreshing taste and a smooth entrance, often with pear, banana and The scent of bubblegum. Because it is a lighter wine than ordinary red wine, it is more delicious when drunk moderately chilled.

According to French government regulations, Beaujolais Nouveau can begin to go on sale on the Thursday of the third week of November of that year. This is the only red wine among all wines that can be consumed that year.

In the Medoc region of the Bordeaux production region and the adjacent Graves region, the soil here is formed of pebbles mixed with sand and silica. The grapes grown in the pebbles are grown with The wine it produces is very rich in tannins, pigments, phenolic compounds, etc. New wine is usually dark purple in color, and after two glasses of it, your teeth and tongue will be dyed blue. This kind of wine is full-bodied, has a strong structure and layering, is thick and astringent, has a rich fruity aroma and is mellow in quality. It tastes great when paired with roast duck, ribs and other meats. Spreading a little foie gras on bread and pairing it with a glass of wine is a great treat.

Port Wine

Portugal is located on the Atlantic coast, and the climate is very suitable for the growth of grapes, so it is also an ancient wine-producing country. Among the wines, Port and Madeira are the most famous.

Port wine is one of the world's famous fortified wines. It is produced along the Douro River in Portugal and is stored and sold in Port Port. There are two categories: red and white. White can be divided into golden yellow, straw yellow, and light yellow. It is a favorite appetizer for Portuguese Europeans. Red can be divided into black red, deep red, ruby ??red, and tea red. As a dessert wine, Port red wine enjoys a high reputation in the world. Its aroma is very distinctive, rich and fragrant, with harmonious fruity and wine aroma; taste Mellow, sweet and round. Its brewing still uses the traditional foot pressing method to keep the grape stones intact. During the brewing process, when the grapes are fermented until the sugar content is about 10%, brandy is added to stop the fermentation but maintain the sweetness of the wine. After a second process of removing debris. Then it is transported to the wine warehouse for aging and storage. Generally, aging takes 2 to 10 years. Finally, mix the different types of port wine according to the recipe.

Port wine is also best aged for a long time. The more famous brands include: Dow’s, Taylors, Silva, and Fonseca.

South African Pinot Noir

Many people don’t know that South Africa’s wine production ranks among the top ten in the world. Its grape planting history began in 1656. The pinot noir produced by Hamilton Russell in Hermanus, the southernmost tip of Africa, is one of the more famous wines in South Africa.

Vineyards planted with Pinot Noir grapes often have a purely African character, with aromas of vanilla. In Hamilton Russell's Hamel Estate in the southernmost corner of Africa, because it faces the South Atlantic Ocean and is affected by the cool maritime climate, Pinot Noir grapes have a good growing environment. The vineyard is on a hillside with 16 types of stony soil. The grapes are picked manually, sorted and then crushed.

The wine tastes a lot like French Burgundy.

German Ice Wine (Icewine)

Ice wine originates from the German "EISWEIN", also known as ice wine. True ice wine, as its name suggests, does come from high-quality grape varieties that are naturally frozen. This kind of ice grapes is hard-won. Only when frost falls at the right time and the temperature reaches about minus 8℃ can the small ice beads hanging on the frost be formed. Not only that, the harvesting of these small ice beads is also full of difficulties. It must start in such a cold morning, sifting one by one, and then squeezing the juice in the same cold.

Grapes generally used for winemaking contain about 80% moisture, while late-harvested grapes are obviously dehydrated after being beaten by wind and frost, and their sugar content and acidity are greatly increased, so the grapes brewed with this kind of grapes are Ice wine is naturally sweet and mellow. Most German ice wines are very expensive simply because of the difficult brewing process.

1 Red wine produced in Bordeaux and Northern California

2 China Great Wall's "Area Dry Red" series and Xintian Winery's "Western Region" produced in Tianchi Winery " and "Xintianiya" series

3 Austrian glassware brand "Reed

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