{"id":124,"date":"2022-11-29T16:51:01","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T08:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maestrochworld.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=124"},"modified":"2022-11-29T16:57:29","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T08:57:29","slug":"varietals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maestrochworld.com\/wordpress\/wine-tips\/know-your-wine\/varietals\/","title":{"rendered":"Varietals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/3\/32\/Red_Mountain_Cabernet_Sauvignon_grapes_from_Hedge_Vineyards.jpg\" alt=\"Cabernet Sauvignon grapes\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are over 10,000 types of wine grapes, but there are just a handful of internationally well known varietals that we encounter in most of the wines we drink everyday.  Here are some examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Red grapes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Franc, Syrah\/Shiraz, Grenache, Gamay, Tempranillo, Sangiovese, Nebbiolo, Zinfandel, Carmenere, Malbec, Petit Verdot, Petit Syrah, Pinot Meunier<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>White grapes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, Pinot Gris\/Pinot Grigio, Pinot Blanc, Chenin Blanc, Viognier, Semillon, Muscat, Gewurztraminer<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The above are not extensive lists of varietals.  There are trends nowadays to pursue some unique local varietals of a country, such as Sagrantino of Italy, Verdejo of Spain, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Other references<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Oz Clarke: Grapes &amp; Wines: A Comprehensive Guide to Varieties and Flavours<\/em> by Oz Clarke and\u00a0Margaret Rand<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are over 10,000 types of wine grapes, but there are just a handful of internationally well known varietals that we encounter in most of the wines we drink everyday. Here are some examples: Red grapes Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Franc, Syrah\/Shiraz, Grenache, Gamay, Tempranillo, Sangiovese, Nebbiolo, Zinfandel, Carmenere, Malbec, Petit Verdot, Petit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":110,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maestrochworld.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/124"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maestrochworld.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maestrochworld.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maestrochworld.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maestrochworld.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/maestrochworld.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126,"href":"https:\/\/maestrochworld.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/124\/revisions\/126"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maestrochworld.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maestrochworld.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}