Name: Chardonnay
Origin: Burgundy, France
Its Wine Characteristics: Chardonnay wine usually has flavours of apple, lemon, melon, pineapple and other tropical fruits, particularly from warm, New World climes. Other characteristics include wet wool (especially Burgundy) as well as minerals and flint (especially Chablis). What is more, oak ageing often provides the wine with flavours of butter, vanilla, spice and toast.
Name: Riesling
Origin: Germany
Its Wine Characteristics: Riesling wine often gives out very fine and strong aromas, which include flower, apple, citrus fruits(lime)and tropical fruits (especially New World). What is more, flavours of slate, minerals and petrol(especially Germany)can usually be found in Riesling wine.
Name: Semillon
Origin: Bordeaux, France
Its Wine Characteristics: Semillon can be made into dry white wine and sweet white wine(especially in Sauternes). Characteristics from dry Semillon wine include a waxy texture, butter, honey, toast, lanolin, lime and citrus fruits, lemon curd. Typical Semillon sweet wine often tastes of pineapple, quince and other rich fruits.
Name: Sauvignon Blanc
Origin: France
Its Wine Characteristics: Sauvignon Blanc wine usually displays strong aromas of green fruit and vegetation(gooseberry, elderflower, green bell pepper,asparagus).It is often high in acidity, medium-bodied, and almost always dry. Most varietal Sauvignon Blanc wines have no oak flavours.
Name: Pinot Gris
Origin: France
Its Wine Characteristics: Pinot Gris produces its finest wines in Alsace. In Alsace, even the dry Pinot Gris wine tends to be rich-textured and oily, rather high in alcohol and moderate to low in acidity. There can be ripe, exotic fruits such as melon, ripe banana and mango. Botrytis-affected dessert wines are also made.
Name: Viognier
Origin: France
Its Wine Characteristics:Viognier wine tends to be soft and full-bodied. Characteristic flavours and aromas of Viognier wine include peaches, apricots, musk and pine nuts.
Name: Muscat
Origin: Europe
Its Wine Characteristics: Muscat is not one variety, but a prolific family. The wines, (often sparkling or fortified)made from Muscat members, have one thing in common: an intense grapey flavour. What is more, they usually have aromas of musk, orange, citrus peel and flower.
Name: Chenin Blanc
Origin: France
Its Wine Characteristics: Chenin Blanc wine is generally light-bodied and high in acidity. It is responsible for some of the finest dessert wines in the world. Typical characteristics of the sweet wines include quince, honey, herbal tea and minerals.