Guy Drew wine wins over tasters

Guy Drew wine wins over tasters

Local winemaker recognized on Top 10 list
Guy Drew displays the pinot gris wine that recently was recognized, along with some of the other awards his wines have won.

Guy Drew wine wins over tasters

Guy Drew displays the pinot gris wine that recently was recognized, along with some of the other awards his wines have won.
Variety VS. Varietal

The most misused and confused wine terms.



Misused:



Variety - refers to the type of grape used to make various wines. Example: Merlot grape.

Varietal - refers to the wine only. To be called as such, wines must be made with 75 percent of that grape variety. Example: Merlot wine is made with the grape variety, merlot.

Dry - the absence of sugar that ferments to alcohol. It is not sourness which most people assume. That puckery feeling does not mean a wine is dry.



Confused:



Vintage - the year the grapes were grown. Many wines are not made from vintage grapes but are blended from wines of several different vintages.

Body - a sense of weight of the wine in your mouth, usually refers to alcohol content and how heavy a wine is.

Tannins - the puckery, astringent feeling associated with most red wines. They are responsible for increased friction between mouth surfaces leaving a sense of 'dryness.'



Gris and Grigio:



They mean the same, a white wine, with Gris being a French word and Grigio an Italian word.