Caparoso Wines

There are lots of places to buy wine online, but some of them are a lot better than others for the wine lover.

Just as there will always be some people who are happy to buy cheap wine from Tesco in the real world - there will always the somewhat unadventurous amoungst us that do the same online. However if you want to find some real wine treats, hand selected by wine connoisseurs, then I suggest visiting a specialist wine store to buy wine online.

www.TheWineCru.com

The Wine Cru is a great online wine shop based in Didsbury, Manchester. Run by four wine lovers, it is a new venture - and is worlds apart from the other wine retailers out there. You can tell they have a different outlook as soon as you hit the site. They mix a state of the art website with shopping cart et al, with a personal touch - unusual and rare wines that you won’t find anywhere else on the web.

Two of the co-founders have just had a baby together, so this is a great time for The Wine Cru, and we at Caparoso Wines wish them the best of luck!

Visit the www.TheWineCru.com to Buy Wine Online today!

The soft fleshy nature of the grape makes it ideal for blending with sterner, later ripening Cabernet Sauvignon.

More “approachable” and often more affordable also.

Dry, but has a distinct fruit flavour - such as black cherry, strawberry, plum or fig.

The earliest recorded document of Merlot was in the notes of a Bordeaux official in 1784 who labeled wine made from the grape in the Libournais region

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Types of wine

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Its important to cover the basics of wine sometimes, so I thought I would make a list of the main types of wine.

To boil it down very basically there is of course:

• Red Wine
• White Wine
• Champagne / Sparkling White Wine
• Rose

Now for a more detailed list of the different types of wine, starting with red wine:

• Cabernet Sauvignon
• Merlot
• Pinot Noir
• Syrah or Shiraz
• Zinfandel
• Grenache
• Sangiovese
• Gamay
• Nebbiolo
• Barbera
• Tempranillo
• Dolcetto
• Malbec

White wine types:

• Chardonnay
• Sauvignon Blanc
• Riesling
• Chenin Blanc
• Pinot Grigio
• Sémillon
• Gewürztraminer
• Muscat
• Viognier
• Roussanne
• Marsanne
• Albariño
• Pinot Blanc

You can find further info viewing our Types Of Wine Hub page!

A review of Red Wine: Domaine Astruc Reserve Syrah

A little history of this Red Wine’s maker: Domaine Astruc

In the last century, Jean Astruc, coachman of hackney carriage in Bourigeole’s castel, travels the roads around Limoux. His secret dream is to own a Domaine.

This dream comes true when this ex-coachman settles down to work and in 1862 finally acquires 12 hectares of vines in Malras.

His son Jean Astruc carries on the same ideal and purchases lands despite the crisis and his leaving for the battle during the First World War.

In the fiftees, Jean gives his heritage to his son, Pierre At that time the Estate covers more than 30 hectares of vines together with the winery.

In 1977 after his studies, Jacques Astruc, son of Pierre, leaves Paris to follows the steps of his grandfather and comes back to Malras. Him and his father have created the Domaine Astruc.

Since then, the Domaine has kept growing and modernising until turning into a very modern winery in the early ninetees.

Today, the winery vinifies over 300 000 cases per year. The grapes come from owned vineyards or contracted grape producers covering a total of approximately 410 hectares.

In 2003, Jean-Claude and Michel Mas come into the business and purchase the winery Domaine Astruc. Themselves, owner and winemaker of Les Domaines Paul Mas, a successful independent and family run business based in Pézenas, also in the Languedoc, they had been working closely and for many years with Domaine Astruc as the main source for their Vin de Pays varietal wines.