Cooking with wine has been a gourmet tradition since the ancient Greeks. The Romans took up the practice and spread it all across Europe. Today, cooking with wine is a staple in French, Italian and Mediterranean cuisines. more »
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Cooking with wine has been a gourmet tradition since the ancient Greeks. The Romans took up the practice and spread it all across Europe. Today, cooking with wine is a staple in French, Italian and Mediterranean cuisines. more »
Dom Perignon Champagne is known world-wide as one of the finest sparkling wines available. The name Dom Perignon originates with its namesake Dom Pierre Pérignon (1638-1715), a Benedictine monk credited with the invention of Champagne. more »
Sparkling wines are often used to celebrate holidays, milestones and achievements. Wedding guests will toast the bride and groom with a glass of bubbly, and revellers often pop open a bottle of Champagne to ring in the New Year. It is produced and enjoyed around the world, and the types of sparkling wine vary in taste as well as... more »
Wassail is an old European warmed punch that was often served during the holidays. If you have a crockpot, you can make a wonderful wassail that will fill your home with holiday scents and warm your guests. more »
A fantastic gourmet meal needs a great wine to complete the picture. Choosing just the right wine can be a tough task, but here are some pointers to make it easier. more »
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Most American wine stores, shops, or markets carry more Chardonnay than any other white wine. It seems that Americans have a love affair with big... more »
White wines made from chardonnay grapes are as popular as they are esteemed. This general outline makes it easy to choose a good one. more »
You may think you know about California Chardonnays, but if you haven't tried the new ones, you're in for a surprise. For a time, people were... more »
You may be young with little to spend, or a senior citizen living on a fixed income, but you can afford to buy a rich, seductive chardonnay at a... more »
The Chardonnay grape is the one of the most popular varieties of white wine grapes in the world. There are over 400,000 acres of its vineyards... more »
Chardonnay is a green-skinned grape variety used to make white wine. It is believed to have originated in the Burgundy wine region of eastern France but is now grown wherever wine is produced, from England to New Zealand. For new and developing wine regions, growing Chardonnay is seen as a "rite of passage" and an easy segue into the international wine market."Rob pg 101-106">
The Chardonnay grape itself is very neutral, with many of the flavors commonly associated with the grape being derived from such influences as terroir and oak."Oxford pg 154-156">Robinson, 2006, pg 154-156 It is vinified in many different styles, from the elegant, "flinty" wines of Chablis to rich, buttery Meursaults and New World wines with tropical fruit flavors.
Chardonnay is an important component of many sparkling wines around the world, including Champagne. A peak in popularity in the late 1980s gave way to a backlash among those wine drinkers who saw the grape as a leading negative component of the globalization of wine. Nonetheless, it remains one of the most widely-planted grape varieties, with over 400,000 acres (175,000 hectares) worldwide, second only to Airén among white wine grapes and planted in more wine regions than any other grape – including Cabernet Sauvignon."Rob pg 101-106"/>
History
For much of its history, a connection was assumed between Chardonnay and Pinot noir or Pinot blanc. In addition to being found in the same region of France for centuries, ampelographers noted that the leaves of each plant have near-identical shape and structure. Pierre Galet disagreed with this assessment, believing that Chardonnay was not related to any other major grape variety. Viticulturalists Maynard Amerine & Harold Olmo proposed a descendency from a wild Vitis vinifera vine that was a step removed from white Muscat. Chardonnays true origins were further obscured by vineyard owners in Lebanon and Syria, who claimed that the grapes ancestry could be traced read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chardonnay
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