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Tempranillo (red)
[Grape Variety] Spain's most important quality red variety, forming the backbone of Rioja and Ribera del Duero, where it's known as Tinto Fino.
Xinomavro (red)
[Grape Variety] Xinomavro is, quite possibly, the greatest of Greece's red grapes and, quite definitely, a wine lover's wine.
How to read tasting notes (medium-bodied red wines)
What wine has the scent of cigar box? Is it a good thing if the flavour of a wine is "tightly knit"?
Malvasia (white)
[Grape Variety] Like Muscat, this is an ancient, Mediterranean-based variety, whose heartland is Italy
Bacchus (white)
[Grape Variety] Aromatic, Sauvignon-like dry white
Jacquère (white)
[Grape Variety] Little-known, quality white variety confined to Savoie
Macabeo (white)
[Grape Variety] Widely planted in northern Spain and around the Mediterranean vineyards
How to read tasting notes (aromatic and sweet white wines)
What does “heady” and "lanolin" mean when describing a sweet wine?
Greco (white)
[Grape Variety] Grape variety of Greek origin
Grignolino (red)
[Grape Variety] Native of the same north-western Italian alpine foothills as Dolcetto