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Summary: Get to know all about South African Simonsig white wine; learn more about wine in this free instructional video.
Mihály Fabók is Sommelier at the world famous Gundel restaurant in Budapest, Hungary.read more
It is a common misconception that red wine is made from dark grapes and white wine comes from lighter colored grapes. The color of wine is actually determined by whether or not the skin of the grape is present during fermentation. White wine can be made from most any grape because the skin is removed from the juice before fermentation.
In this free online video guide to dessert wines, expert sommelier Mihály Fabók of Budapest's world famous Gundel restaurant offers tips and advice on how to pick a white wine. He describes the characteristics of Sauvignon Blanc, Simonsig, Olaszrizling, Chardonnay and Sancerre white wines, as well as champagne. He demonstrates how to open, test and serve wine, discusses the differences in serving and storing white wines versus red wines, and talks about the aging potential of white wines.
"Hello my name is Mihaly Fabok, we are here on behalf of Expert Village. So what we have here is study about white wine. This one is a very special wine from South Africa; this is made from Chenin Blanc Simonsig the origin of the plant it was first planted in France. After the vine is grown in the Simonsig or in South Africa so is made from Chenin Blanc Simonsig and this one looks antique you, can feel a nice bouquet plenty character fresh acidy so like a nice refreshing wine matching variety of fish or fresh green salad for example."