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!

Types Of Wine

A green skinned variety, which gets its name from the french word: “sauvage” meaning “wild” and “blanc” meaning “white”

Climate dependant - the flavour can range from aggressively grassy to sweet and tropical.

The wine is usually consumed young, as it does not improve with age.

It was one of the first types of wine to be mass produced with a screwcap.

Drink with: fish or cheese

Chardonnay is a green skinned variety of grapes used to make white wine. Believed to originate from Burgundy in Eastern France - but is now grown globally.

Chardonnay creates a “neutral” type of wine, with flavours commonly associated with terrior and oak. Vinified in various different styles - from “flinty” Chablis to rich and buttery Meusaults.

Chardonnay is a vital component of many sparkling white wines globally.

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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!

Some Wine Tasting notes for the White Wine: Domaine Astruc Sauvignon Blanc

See this post for a history of the French wine-maker Domaine Astruc

This a great white wine, one of my favourites.