Basic Wine Service
Basic Wine Knowledge WHAT IS WINE? “Wine is the alcoholic beverage obtained from the fermentation of the juice of grapes. Wine is broken down into different groups of Still Wine, Sparkling Wine and Fortified Wine. Each of these different styles of wine is served in a different manner. Also serving temperature for the wines is different. Wine Category Champagne Example -Dom Perignon, Asti Spumante, Korbel Brut. White wine Example –Chardonnay, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Macon Villages, Fume’ Blance, Pinot Grigio, Pouilly-Fume’, Pouilly-Fuisse’ Red wine Example- Cabenet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Shiraz, Chianti, Zinfandel, Beaujolais. Blush wine Example- White Zinfandel