"VIJAY" > wrote in message
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> Hi! all
>
> Could anyone tell me about the different types and subtypes of Wines ?
> How does one classify Wines? Are there any sites where i can find out
> more about this?
>
You have red wine, white wine and pink wine, also called rosé.
The color in red wine comes from grape skins during fermentation - pink wine
is not in prolonged contact with the skins, white not at all, usually.
As grape juice normally is quite colorless it follows you *can* make white
wine from red grapes, but of course not red wine from white grapes.
Now, there are about 5000 different grape varieties, many of which with a
characteristic flavour and taste profile. Furthermore, soil, temperature,
sunshine and irrigation all influence the final result together with
processing and storage techniques resulting in products with a strong local
character.
About 90-95% of all wine made is intended as a mere beverage for everyday
consumption. These are what you will call table wines - nothing wrong with
them, of course. The better wines will show more concentration of flavors,
stay longer in the aftertaste and have depths and complexities in taste that
develop over time, in bottle, in glass as well as in your mouth.
Classification is not uniform, each area has its own rules - but often a
group of vineyards show better results than the neighbours, often single,
unconnected vineyards within a larger area consistently are better than the
others - examples are the communes of Bourgogne and the classed growths of
Bordeaux, both in France, and their classification will be based on
consistent performance while in other parts of the wine world classification
may be based on local typicity (rules governing allowed grape varieties,
ripeness, production methods et cetera).
hth for a start
Anders