Wine {wine} can be white, rose, or red. Wines have brilliance, aroma, bouquet, and body. Body can be light, medium, or full. Wines can be fruity or clean. Store bottles at 55 F on their sides in dark and damp places.
France, fresh, red, autumn {Beaujolais}.
France, red, dated, medium flavored {Bordeaux, wine}.
France, red, dated, full flavored {Burgundy, wine}.
California, red, dated, medium flavored {Cabernet Sauvignon}.
France, white {Chablis}.
Italian, red, full flavored {Chianti}.
light red, dry {claret}.
Germany, white {liebfraumilch}.
Sicily {Marsala}.
Germany, white {Moselle}.
America, white, sweet, full flavored {muscatel}.
Greece, red, strong {retsina}.
Germany, white {Rhine wine}.
Germany, white {Rhone wine}.
Germany, white {Riesling}.
light red {rosé, wine}.
France, white {Sauterne}.
America, red, sweet {Scuppernong}.
red {Tokay}.
white wine with aromatic herbs {vermouth}.
America, red, medium flavored {zinfandel}.
Bubbly wine {sparkling wine} comes from France {champagne, sparkling wine}, Spain {cava}, South Africa {cap classique}, and Germany {sekt}. Italy has sweet {asti spumanti} and dry {prosecco} sparkling wine. Serve in a narrow glass {flute, glass} at 45 F.
White or pink wine can have natural or artificial carbon dioxide {champagne, wine}, such as fermented in the bottle {methode champagnoise}. Champagne can be dry and light-flavored {blanc de blancs}, sweet and full-flavored {blanc de noirs}, driest and medium-flavored {brut, champagne}, next driest {extra-dry champagne}, sweet {sec}, and sweeter {demi sec}. Uncork by removing foil, loosening wire with six twists, holding cork and wire in towel, and turning bottle back and forth.
Brandy, port, and sherry {distilled wine} are distilled wines.
port from Spain {Madeira}.
red, sweet {port}.
amber, sweet to dry {sherry}.
sherry from Spain {Amontillado sherry}.
sherry {sack, drink}.
distilled wine or fermented fruit juice {brandy}.
Wine brandy {armagnac} can be from Armagnac in southwest France.
Wine brandy {cognac} can be from Cognac in southwest France.
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