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White & Red Gapes
Chardonnay - yields a full bodied wine with apple, lemon, and citrus flavors. Moderately acidic, dry wine.
Chenin Blanc - makes excellent sweet wine, fruity and aromatic w/melon flavors, high acidity.
French Columbard - light, dry wine great for tabel wines and making champagne.
Malvasia - Good for dessert wines,and blending Chianti.
Muscat - Sweet grape, distinc musky aroma and grapey flavor. great for making Asti-Spumanti.
Palomino - Good for blending tabel wines. Light fruity wine best drunk young.
Riesling - Will produce tremendous flavor. Light body, crisp, fruity, good acidity,slightly sweet, low alcohol with intense flavor.
Sauvignon Blanc - Yields a good dry/sweet wine.
citrus flavor and herbaceous aroma.
Semillion - Will produce a rich fruity wine with a flavor of melon and figs.
Viogner - medium bodied, fruity with good acidity, hint of peach, apricot and a floral aroma. Best enjoyed while young.
RED Grapes
Alicante Bouschet - Great for blending burgundy.
Produces a aromatic and heavy wine.
Barbera - Noble red grape. Yields a wine deep in color, low tannin and high acid content.
Cabernet Franc - Yields a early maturing wine, deep purple color, herbaceous aroma and low tannin.
Cabernet Sauvignon - Noble red grape, small berry, thick skin, muny pits. Will produce a red wine rich in color, intensely flavored tannin wine with hints of mint, blackberry, spicy vanilla aroma.
Carignane - Used for blending, full of tannin, heavy bodied, medium acidity and color.
Carnelian - Grape yields a zesty, robust aromatic table wine.
Napa Gamay - Fruity, refreshing, medium bodied wine best consumed young.
Grenache - Excellent light and fruity rose wine.
Mataro - Produces a dark fruity wine with aroma close to green tea. Used to provide color and body to other red grapes.
Merlot - Soft tannin, low acid, mature quickly, fruity, and distinctive aroma. Abundance of fruit and a velvety like quality.
Petit Sira - Produces a dark, dry, full bodied, and tannin red wine with intense berry flavors.
Pinot Noir - used in burgundy wines, produces a fragrant wine with hints of cherry and raspberry.
Ruby Cabernet - Will produce a dry table wine with good acidity, perfect with red meats.
Sangiovese - Produces a dark, powerful, medium bodied wine with flavors of plum and cherry.
Syrah - A dark, rich, full bodied wine with a chocolate aroma.
Valdespena - A dark, fruity and medium bodied wine.
Zinfandel - Excellent red wine with deep color, spicy flavor and strong berry flavor. Has a fruity taste with hints of strawberry.
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