The red wine

Red wine is one of three types of wine existing. It's obtained by the fermentation of the must of black grapes, pome and cob (the frame of a bunch of grapes). The red wine production is global, in fact, you can taste a wine comes from each continent as Europe, Borth Amercia, South Amercia, Africa and Australia.

We call "grapes" the different variety of grape and grapevine. There are more that one thousand grape in the world that resulted of naturel mutations. Depending of the region, you can find this kind of grape for the red wine: 

- The cabernet sauvignon come from the Medoc in France. It's a resistant grape that can be adapted at different terroir. Today it is grown all around the world, especially in the South West of the France, in the North of the Spain, in Amercia, in South Africa and in Australia. 

- The malbec is a french grape that can be found principaly in the South West of the France but also in Argentina and in Chili. The Malbec product some velvety and concentrated wine with a higher alcohol containt. 

- The Pinot noir is grape that you can find in the region of Bourgogne in France. It allow to product some exceptional wines world recognized for their taste and their tannins. This grape is use around the world  in particular in France, in Italia, in Spain and in America. 

- The merlot is the second grape of the South West of the France. Its charateristics is that it is harvested earlier that the other grapes. The merlot product some coloured, round and supple wines. 

Red grape variety

Indeed, it exists a lot of criteria that determined how choose a red wine. According to your preference or your expectations (red wine fruity, light, strong, tannic, spicy..), the native region and its price, you have a large choice facing you ! 

Otherwise, on each bottle of wine is posted the classification (AOC zone), the natives regions (Bordeaux, Bourgogne, Languedoc..), the grapes, the cru or more the millesime that can help you to make your choice. 

From a culinary perspective, red wine is used either for tasting or to accompany food. Depending on its taste and fragrance, it is perfectly suited to certain types of food. Generally, red wine accompanied well the red meats, cold cuts and cheeses.

Meat and red wine

In parallel, somes red wines are used in the creation of starters, dishes, desserts or sauces. Its proprieties allow it to perfect dishes. Here some examples:

The beef bourguignon

A stew

The fruits wine

                                                             Vigneronne sauce

Lately, there is a byproduct of the red wine, the red wine vinegar which play an important role in the kitchen.