Your chances to go to the wine shop and select a nice wine, pleasant in appearance and taste regardless of the price, now better than ever before. In the last quarter of the twentieth century, winemaking has been a real revolution in all that concerns the style and quality of wine.

White wines are cleaner and have a fresher taste than before; Reds are soft, juicy and rounded; white wine is richer, with notes of ripe peach and tropical fruit.

Now more use of new oak barrels that gives the wine a buttery and vanilla nuances. This does not mean that all wines are the same taste. In fact, the buyers has never been such a wide selection. Modern winemaking quickly removes flaws, but not the personality of its wines.

So, what should determine your choice? How can you distinguish wine, suitable for a summer lunch in the garden, a wine that is better suited to winter evenings in front of the fireplace?

Imagine that you went to a notorious liquor store and you can select a bottle from the shelf under the label “green, vigorous white” or to approach the shelf “spicy, warm red.” This would greatly simplify your choice, isn’t it?

You see, thousands of different flavors are divided into 15 General categories. Therefore, even if you still don’t know anything about grape varieties and wine regions, just choose the category to your taste.

Juicy, fruity red wine

Refreshing, affordable and delicious with a clean taste Chilean Merlot fully reveals the advantages of this category of modern red wine.

Silky red wine with a strawberry tinge

Ripe, fragrant wine with aromas of red fruits; the classic variety is Pinot Noir.

Full-bodied red with blackcurrant shade

Red wines with a characteristic blackcurrant aroma, produced from Cabernet Sauvignon.

Spicy, warm red

Wine with a rich bouquet, where
combined aroma of wild berries,
black pepper and chocolate;
try Australian wines
from the Shiraz varieties.

Juicy, sour-sweet red

Intriguing wines
with grassy shade
and sweet and sour taste
red fruits.
Best this category
imagine Italian
red wines – such as Chianti.

A delicate pink wine

Fragrant, dry
and refreshing is the best
the samples occur
from French Provence and Spanish Navarra.

Neutral dry white wine

Bright, refreshing wine-based varieties such as Pinot Grigio and Chardonnay without oak aging. French Muscadet from the grape variety melon de Bourgogne is also one of that cohort.

Cheerful green wine

The head of the list stands new Zealand Sauvignon Blanc – edgy taste with hints of gooseberry. And Portugal will delight you with its vinho verde (Vinho Verde), which even translates as “green wine”

Rich, nutty white

Powerful refined and varied taste; in this category sets the style of a white Burgundy wine.

Mature white or with hints of roasted toast

Well-defined flavors of peach, apricot and tropical fruit with rich warm shades — taste Australian wines from Chardonnay.

Aromatic white wine

Fragrant wine with hints of aromatic floral scents — from varieties of Gewurztraminer, torrontes .

Sparkling wine

Plenty of bubbles for your enjoyment, and in some cases exquisite bouquet. Smile, because you are drinking champagne.

Golden sweet white

Enveloping, delicate taste with intense aromas of peaches, apricots and honey. For example, try the Sauternes.

Warming wine

Sweet fortified wine with a rich bouquet. There is nothing better than port wine.

Invigorating fortified

Very dry wine with striking hints of sour fruit and nuts – for example, a real sherry.