Red Grape Varietals

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Black Spanish

This red grape variety has large to medium-sized loose clusters and can be quite vigorous and productive, producing large crops depending on

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Petite Sirah

The clusters are small and dense. When you crush and de-stem, the color almost immediately begins to release from the skins.

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Pinot Noir

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Quick Drinking Wine Kits

Strategies for getting the most out of wine you’re going to drink insanely young — like on bottling day, or even earlier.

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Malbec: Beyond Bordeaux

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Cabernet Sauvignon – Syrah Wine Blends

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Cab-Syrah

Many great wines are designed as blends from the start, and two varieties that are perfect complements are Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah.

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Carmine: Cold tolerant and color-rich

Carmine is a vinifera cross of Cabernet Sauvignon and Carignane. We review its history and characteristics, and give you a recipe to try.

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Norton Grapes: An American Original

Learn about Norton grapes, an American original, plus how to make Norton wine from these grapes native to America.

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Concord: Varietal Focus

Just about everyone, wine consumer and abstainer alike, knows the name Concord. It may have been the first sip of wine to pass the lips of m

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Super Syrah!

Syrah can do well in a wide variety of climates and produces wine in a number of styles, from drink-it-today fruity to structured and age-wo

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Pinot Noir: Varietal Focus

Pinot Noir is a heralded red table wine. It is usually made in a dry style that features delicate fruit aromas and flavors. The wine typical

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Grenache: Varietal Focus

The Grenache grape variety is highly recommended for the home winemaker. The variety is readily available in fresh-grape form and the price

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Zinfandel: Varietal Focus

Learn about Zinfandel and find instructions to make Zin in three different wine styles.

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All Hail Cabs!

Often considered the king of red wines, Cabernet Sauvignon wines are as diverse as the lands upon which the grapes are grown.

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Mastering Merlot

Merlot has become an important winemaking grape throughout the world.

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Making Cabernet Franc: Tips from the Pros

Derek Wilber, Anthony Road Wine Co., Penn Yan, NY on making Cabernet Franc wines and the importance of quality juice.

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Hot Rhônes: Syrah & Carignan

Learn how to make your own red Rhône blend, from sourcing grapes, selecting yeast, and techniques to make your wine sing.

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Sangiovese: Varietal Focus

The primary grape used to make Chianti, Sangiovese, is a delicate and expressive grape that is not only grown in Italy.