i'd love to see more videos in this "if you like this, try this" style, i'm not a big white wine person so hearing about new grapes similar to the ones i do like is super helpful!
Excellent introduction into white varietals for a wine tasting party. My personal experiences have shown novices who started by searching out wines rated outstanding (90+) by professional sommeliers are more likely to become more interested in the nuances of wine. It’s natural for beginners to initially prefer sweeter wines only to find their tastes later change to dry.
Do you have a video like this for red wines? Very much liked that you included similar wines grouped together. I'm also curious about wines that are typically dry vs wines that are typically sweet and those that typically fall in-between.
Great information there is always something new to learn, Im usually an aged Marsanne or young Riesling drinker but you've given me some ideas! Also the background music had me looking around the room for hidden ringing phones😂
It‘s funny how even today the myth of Riesling as sweet wine is almost everywhere uphold; there are sweet Rieslings (and some of the most expensive wines in the world are) but the majority of Riesling in Germany are dry, and almost every Riesling from Elsace or New Zealand or the US are dry as well. …btw - the enthusiasm when you describe wines is awsome!
Great video. Also seems to be missing Viognier. I was also wondering how you tell which color each one is since they seem to be so much lighter than the colors on the card.
Very well-organized! At first, I thought that my white wine tastes were favoring roughly Yin (unoaked, aromatic, food-friendly) versus the Yang (oaked, malolactic, and neutral-flavored). However, according to your categorization, I enjoy 5 of 6 big groups of white wines!
I've had Riesling from MacGregor Vineyards on Keuka Lake that was crushed and macerated on the skins for a couple of days, then pressed & fermented in stainless steel. It had a mild tannic grip and good, typical flavor profile. Interesting, it could have used a couple more years of bottle age. Thanks!
I've noticed an increase in Pinot Gris with longer skin contact locally (Aus/NZ producers) giving the wine a pink hue. Would these wines therefore have higher tannin?
I have a question if you can help me please. I find that Pinot Grigio is on the lower end of the price spectrum, is there such thing as a expensive white wine?
Yes, there is such a thing as expensive white wine! Pinot Grigio does tend to fall on the lower price spectrum - but not for lack of quality - you can find several producers in the Friuli and Alto Adige region in Italy producing top notch P.G. for around $40 (which is still a crazy value for what they are!) Other varieties have a higher perceived value and charge even more. Riesling from the Mosel in Germany, high end Chardonnay from Burgundy go for hundreds of dollars a bottle.
I am amazed at how the Anglo-Saxons have managed to talk for hours and hours about wine and get paid for it. In my family we have been harvesting Alvariño wine, for our own consumption and for friends, for more than two hundred years and my grandfather, who was a great wine connoisseur, used to say that there are three kinds of wines: the one you don't like, the one you like and the one that the more bottles you drink, the more you like it. A good wine can only be appreciated when you start the second bottle and if the next day you feel like opening another bottle, then it is an excellent wine. Forget about fruit, flower, wood, earth flavours... just drink and enjoy.
I mean... we only wish we had a family history of 200+ years making wines! You're lucky it's in your blood. For the rest of us Americans without that, we gotta get in there and get real obsessed to make new traditions. I hope we keep growing wine as a culture together. :)
@@winefollyI'm going to say something heretical, I think that a good formula to acquire a taste for wine is to start by desacralizing it. What we know in Spain as "tinto de verano", a medium-low quality wine with soda, ice and lemon, is a perfect formula to start getting a taste for wine. When I was young, we drank "kalimocho", a combination of red wine with coke, it was a good formula to then move on to wine and be able to appreciate it, nobody starts smoking with Cohibas cigars. A separate issue is sangria, one of the best formulas to drink wine on summer days, but unfortunately sangria in Spain has become a tourist trap, I can count on the fingers of one hand the places in my city where you can have a real sangria, sangria needs the fruits, very ripe and of very good quality, to macerate in the wine for at least two or three hours... and contrary to what many say, the higher the quality of the wine, the better the sangria tastes.
Old wines develop more nuttiness through oxygen exposure. It's not the same winemaking process (malolatic fermentation). Of course, I can imagine you could describe an old white wine as buttery, but we're talking about a wine that would be 10 years old. Again, different process, and probably more 'nutty' vs. 'buttery'
It all depends on how you look at “popular”. in terms of plantings, trebbiano is very popular because it’s also the primary grape used for Balsamic vinegar! I chose these wines based on their stylistic differences and popularity (reach, acres) within those styles. Hope that helps explain the differing info
depends on where it's from, but for the most part, it isn't. Bitterness in white wines comes from phenolics from the skins, so usually there's some kind of skin contact involved. Italian white wines when they're not sweet have traditionally had more phenolics. Personally, I'm a huge fan, but I get if you're not!
Thank you for this interesting review. However, Rkatsiteli origin is from Georgia, one of the first oldest wine-producing countries in the world. While other types are mentioned with the country-specificity, Rkatsiteli also deserves to be known as such. Eastern Europe is not a country. Cheers 🥂
You always forget about Spanish wines and grapes. in your videos. Can you tell me why? . Albariño, Godello, Palomino, Macabeo, Verdejo, Airen, Pedro Ximenez, Parellada, Xarelo, Garnacha, etc, etc. Some of the best wines in the world are made with these grapes. You should have a broader and more impartial opinion in your comments.Thanks anyway. You make an excellent job, but also Spain exist.
@@winefolly I'm sorry. I meant to say that you don't usually talk about Spanish wines and grapes with the value they really have in history and world map of wines. But I insist, I admire your work and learn a lot with you videos, I have bought your book and I am a follower. Hugs from Granada, Spain.
Since you are targeting new wine drinkers, you do a great disservice in talking about a basic grape and then switching the variety to a relatively unknown wine which can totally confuse the newbie! Please stick to the central thought of the video! On the other hand, a very interesting video for more advanced drinkers!
Well, Riesling-like is not Riesling. Taste and tell us something about the actual type you are mentioning. Do not mix up things without reason, specially if you deal with an audience who may not know anything about wine.
i'd love to see more videos in this "if you like this, try this" style, i'm not a big white wine person so hearing about new grapes similar to the ones i do like is super helpful!
Okay! Noted
Seconded!
The way you tell all of this makes my mouth water.
yes! job done.
Excellent introduction into white varietals for a wine tasting party. My personal experiences have shown novices who started by searching out wines rated outstanding (90+) by professional sommeliers are more likely to become more interested in the nuances of wine. It’s natural for beginners to initially prefer sweeter wines only to find their tastes later change to dry.
Do you have a video like this for red wines? Very much liked that you included similar wines grouped together. I'm also curious about wines that are typically dry vs wines that are typically sweet and those that typically fall in-between.
Not yet! Great question!
Well, great. Now I want a glass of wine. Another good video from Wine Folly. I love seeing Portugal's Esperão featured. They make great stuff.
I love that the lady looks tipsy from the get go.
Hey I'm finishing Matric so I have to study this and I can't seem to get my head to focus and these videos are helping me thank you so much 🙏
Great information there is always something new to learn, Im usually an aged Marsanne or young Riesling drinker but you've given me some ideas!
Also the background music had me looking around the room for hidden ringing phones😂
wow, having a Slovenian wine in your videos, looks great. 🙂
hopefully not the last time as the country produces even more amazing wines ✌
In Germany we use the german word "Grauburgunder" or "Ruländer" for "Pinot Gris"
Chenin Blanc, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, Albarino and white Rioja and Riesling and Gewurztraminer.
I just tried pinot grigio and I really like it! Nice and fruity. Kind of like a moscato but drier.
It‘s funny how even today the myth of Riesling as sweet wine is almost everywhere uphold; there are sweet Rieslings (and some of the most expensive wines in the world are) but the majority of Riesling in Germany are dry, and almost every Riesling from Elsace or New Zealand or the US are dry as well. …btw - the enthusiasm when you describe wines is awsome!
I've had that Monograph Moschofilero from Gaia. It was freaking amazing! We had it with pork potstickers and panang curry. So, so ,so good!
that sounds like an amazing pairing!
Great video. Also seems to be missing Viognier. I was also wondering how you tell which color each one is since they seem to be so much lighter than the colors on the card.
The card is for hue not necessarily saturation
Very well-organized! At first, I thought that my white wine tastes were favoring roughly Yin (unoaked, aromatic, food-friendly) versus the Yang (oaked, malolactic, and neutral-flavored). However, according to your categorization, I enjoy 5 of 6 big groups of white wines!
I live the yin yang ☯️ terminology idea for wine! It’s very right on!
I've had Riesling from MacGregor Vineyards on Keuka Lake that was crushed and macerated on the skins for a couple of days, then pressed & fermented in stainless steel. It had a mild tannic grip and good, typical flavor profile. Interesting, it could have used a couple more years of bottle age. Thanks!
Sounds exciting!
Rkatsiteli is from Georgia ❤❤
Thanks for a quick and easy explaination. Always wonder where to find the wine you talk about.
Hi 👋
Great video loads of grapes I didn’t know about. What glass are you using?
That's the Gabriel Glass Standart Edition - we sell it on winefolly.com store ;)
I've noticed an increase in Pinot Gris with longer skin contact locally (Aus/NZ producers) giving the wine a pink hue. Would these wines therefore have higher tannin?
not necessarily. It's possible to get the color and not have the bitterness.
Amazing video!
You are so kind
Great video, Madeline! But a little disappointed you didn't mention Muscadet!
Great wine! Melon would fall under the “pinot gris” style. It would have been a great wine to mention!
Love this channel
phenomenal video
That Rkatsitelli is from Dr. Frank in the Finger Lakes of New York.
I'd trade out the "orange wine" for Viogner on my list.
do a video on Chablis
Italian Pinot 👌
I have a question if you can help me please.
I find that Pinot Grigio is on the lower end of the price spectrum, is there such thing as a expensive white wine?
Yes, there is such a thing as expensive white wine! Pinot Grigio does tend to fall on the lower price spectrum - but not for lack of quality - you can find several producers in the Friuli and Alto Adige region in Italy producing top notch P.G. for around $40 (which is still a crazy value for what they are!)
Other varieties have a higher perceived value and charge even more. Riesling from the Mosel in Germany, high end Chardonnay from Burgundy go for hundreds of dollars a bottle.
I am amazed at how the Anglo-Saxons have managed to talk for hours and hours about wine and get paid for it. In my family we have been harvesting Alvariño wine, for our own consumption and for friends, for more than two hundred years and my grandfather, who was a great wine connoisseur, used to say that there are three kinds of wines: the one you don't like, the one you like and the one that the more bottles you drink, the more you like it. A good wine can only be appreciated when you start the second bottle and if the next day you feel like opening another bottle, then it is an excellent wine. Forget about fruit, flower, wood, earth flavours... just drink and enjoy.
I mean... we only wish we had a family history of 200+ years making wines! You're lucky it's in your blood. For the rest of us Americans without that, we gotta get in there and get real obsessed to make new traditions. I hope we keep growing wine as a culture together. :)
@@winefollyI'm going to say something heretical, I think that a good formula to acquire a taste for wine is to start by desacralizing it. What we know in Spain as "tinto de verano", a medium-low quality wine with soda, ice and lemon, is a perfect formula to start getting a taste for wine. When I was young, we drank "kalimocho", a combination of red wine with coke, it was a good formula to then move on to wine and be able to appreciate it, nobody starts smoking with Cohibas cigars. A separate issue is sangria, one of the best formulas to drink wine on summer days, but unfortunately sangria in Spain has become a tourist trap, I can count on the fingers of one hand the places in my city where you can have a real sangria, sangria needs the fruits, very ripe and of very good quality, to macerate in the wine for at least two or three hours... and contrary to what many say, the higher the quality of the wine, the better the sangria tastes.
is old chardonnay considered buttery?
Old wines develop more nuttiness through oxygen exposure. It's not the same winemaking process (malolatic fermentation). Of course, I can imagine you could describe an old white wine as buttery, but we're talking about a wine that would be 10 years old. Again, different process, and probably more 'nutty' vs. 'buttery'
Interesting that your own website has Trebbiano (Internationally), Muscat and Viognier (USA) as more popular than Gewürztraminer or Orange wine?!
It all depends on how you look at “popular”. in terms of plantings, trebbiano is very popular because it’s also the primary grape used for Balsamic vinegar! I chose these wines based on their stylistic differences and popularity (reach, acres) within those styles. Hope that helps explain the differing info
Loureiro is from Galicia (Spain)
Yes! It's certainly cultivated in Galicia and Minho.
Is the pinot gris bitter? I hate bitter wine
depends on where it's from, but for the most part, it isn't. Bitterness in white wines comes from phenolics from the skins, so usually there's some kind of skin contact involved. Italian white wines when they're not sweet have traditionally had more phenolics. Personally, I'm a huge fan, but I get if you're not!
Well, isn't Pinot Grigio named Grauburgunder in Germany?
Truth!!!
Ganz genau!
Thank you for this interesting review. However, Rkatsiteli origin is from Georgia, one of the first oldest wine-producing countries in the world. While other types are mentioned with the country-specificity, Rkatsiteli also deserves to be known as such. Eastern Europe is not a country. Cheers 🥂
It's hilarious some of scents you "notice" when you sniff wine.
You always forget about Spanish wines and grapes. in your videos. Can you tell me why? . Albariño, Godello, Palomino, Macabeo, Verdejo, Airen, Pedro Ximenez, Parellada, Xarelo, Garnacha, etc, etc. Some of the best wines in the world are made with these grapes. You should have a broader and more impartial opinion in your comments.Thanks anyway. You make an excellent job, but also Spain exist.
We mention Albariño in this video!
@@winefolly I'm sorry. I meant to say that you don't usually talk about Spanish wines and grapes with the value they really have in history and world map of wines. But I insist, I admire your work and learn a lot with you videos, I have bought your book and I am a follower. Hugs from Granada, Spain.
OMG, just squeeze a lemon into some seltzer water and call it a day.
Since you are targeting new wine drinkers, you do a great disservice in talking about a basic grape and then switching the variety to a relatively unknown wine which can totally confuse the newbie! Please stick to the central thought of the video! On the other hand, a very interesting video for more advanced drinkers!
Well, Riesling-like is not Riesling. Taste and tell us something about the actual type you are mentioning. Do not mix up things without reason, specially if you deal with an audience who may not know anything about wine.
oh my apologies! Of course! A common grape might be totally unfamiliar to all. Sorry if I didn't run through the tasting notes on that one -
And you are an expert for wines?
Pinot Gris is Grauerburgunder in Germany.
And you don't know how to pronounce Sauvignon Blanc.
Also you don't know how to pronounce Riesling.
Please,educate yourself.
Great video!
Thanks!