Choosing the best wine to go with a meal is not always an easy task for there are many different varieties and styles to choose from. We all know the basics of red, white and rosé but there is far more to it than that. For example, Wikipedia’s exhaustive glossary of wine terms is full of terms and abbreviations which mean little to the average drinker, who would be stuck when it came to the differences between the Italian Frizzante (semi-sparkling) and Frizzantino (slightly sparkling) wines!

It is this variety which is partly the reason behind the popularity of wine and the size of the hobby community which has grown up around the industry. Each country’s wine producing regions bring their own style and approach to their vintages, and there are some unusual types which perhaps aren’t so common. [Read more…]