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Barbera
Pure Barbera wines from the Piedmont are rustic, as many Italian wines can be, but demonstrate good, round fruit flavors that are easy drinking right when they are released. Successful regions include Northern Italy, Other Italy, Some California.  Common descriptors include juicy, cherry, blackberry, chocolate.

Bordeaux Blends
A red Bordeaux Blend is a wine made up of two or more of the fab-five Bordeaux Blend varieties - Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Malbec.  Successful regions include Bordeaux, California, Australia, Washington.

Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Sauvignon is known as the king of red grapes. It grows worldwide in a number of climates, and can produce wine with great depth of character and age-ability.  Successful regions include Just about everywhere, particularly Bordeaux and California.  Common descriptors include black currant, cassis, herbs, cedar, tobacco, earth.

Cabernet Franc
Cabernet Franc's typical place is in a blend, usually with Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot. It's also found bottled as a single varietal in the Loire Valley and some California regions.  Successful regions include Bordeaux, California (mostly for blends), Loire Valley, Long Island, Virginia.  Common descriptors include bell pepper, violet, raspberry, cherry, cedar.

Carmenere
The state bird of Chile, Carmenère is producing wine with good, plumy fruit, like Merlot, and firm structure, similar to Cabernet Sauvignon.  Successful regions include Chile.  Common descriptors include plum, spice, black fruit, rustic.

Dolcetto
Dolcetto, an oft-forgotten variety in Piedmont, produces wine that is soft and fruity, ready to drink when released. It's a perfect everyday or picnic lunch wine.  Successful regions include Piedmont, Other Italy.  Common descriptors include fruity, jammy, cherry, light, soft.

Gamay
Gamay is a pale colored grape, best associated with the region of Beaujolas. In fact, few regions or grapes are so wholly intertwined with one another.  Successful regions include Beaujolais.  Common descriptors include strawberry, cherry, floral.

Grenache
Popular in regions such as Rhone, Spain, California and Australia, Grenache gets ripe and loves hot, dry weather. It's particularly delicious as the vine ages.  Successful regions include Southern Rhone, Southwest Spain, Australia, California.  Common descriptors include jammy, alcoholic, spice, black currant, dried red and black fruits, pepper, earth, fleshy.

Malbec
Originally a common grape in Bordeaux, Malbec is now known as the grape of Argentina, where it creates spicy, velvety wines.  Successful regions include Argentina, Cahors, Bordeaux, some California.  Common descriptors include blackberry, plum, tobacco, spice, dark, full-bodied, inky.

Merlot
Merlot is the top grape variety for the right bank of Bordeaux, making the delicious wines of St-Emilion and Pomerol. It's ideal as a blending agent, as well as a single varietal.  Successful regions include Bordeaux, California, Washington State, Chile.  Common descriptors include plum, cherry, blackberry, spice, raspberry.

Mourvedre
A native of Spain, where it's called Monestrell, Mourvèdre is best known for its blending role in the Southern Rhone.  Successful sites include Southern Rhone, Spain, Australia, California.  Common descriptors include meaty, rustic, blackberry, leather, herbs, spice.

Nebbiolo
Native to Piedmont, Nebbiolo is the key grape in the wines of Barolo and Barbaresco. It is not the most planted variety, but it does make the most distinctive wines.  Successful regions include Piedmont and other Northern Italy.  Common descriptors include tar, roses, violets, blackberry, wild cherry, truffles.

Nero d'Avola
Nero d'Avola has long been the indigenous grape variety of Sicily, but has only recently gained popularity its single varietal bottlings.  Successful regions include Sicily.  Common descriptors include cherry, plum, raspberry, spice, smoke.

Petite Sirah
There is nothing petite about this grape. Petite Sirah creates wine that is tannic and sturdy, and of course, stain-your-teeth purple. Successful regions include California, South Africa.  Common descriptors include inky, peppery, prunes, black fruit, leather.

Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir is a finicky grape. It only grows in the right climate, with the right soils and the right care. Perhaps because it is so difficult is why it is so loved.  Pinot Noir's home and the classic wines from the grape hail from Burgundy. Pinot Noir has also been successful in areas like Oregon, California and lately, the Central Otago region of New Zealand.

Pinotage
Pinotage, a crossing made by the South Africans, is a hardy, rustic grape, with gamey and smoky mixing with wild berry flavors.  Successful regions include South Africa.  Common descriptors include smoky, wild berry, gamey.

Primitivo
While Primitivo may have the same genetic makeup of Zinfandel, the wine it produces from Southern Italy presents a structure and flavor profile more akin to old world wines.  Successful regions include Italy. Common descriptors include jammy, brambly, chocolate, rustic.

Rhône Blends
The Rhone region of France has a delightful selection of red varieties. There are about a dozon red varieties in the Rhone, but the main players in a Rhone Blend are Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre. Successful regions include Rhone, California, Australia, South Africa.  Common descriptors include gamey, jammy, blackberry, pepper, leather.

Sangiovese
The principal grape of Tuscany, Sangiovese is the backbone variety for Chianti, Brunello di Montalcino and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano.  Successful regions include Tuscany.  Common descriptors include tart cherry, red raspberries, olives, plum, spice.

Syrah / Shiraz
Syrah and Shiraz is the same grape just with different names. It's a popular and adept variety, growing in multiple regions and creating many different styles of wine.  Successful regions include Rhone, Australia, California, Washington State, South Africa.  Common descriptors include pepper, jam, meat, smoke.

Tempranillo
A native variety to Spain, Tempranillo is the backbone of wine made in the well-known Spanish regions of Rioja and Ribera del Duero.  Successful regions include Spain Rioja and Ribera del Duero, Australia.  Common descriptors include red fruit, cherry, plum, tobacco, leather, herb.

Zinfandel
Zinfandel grows well in the warm, sunny regions of California and is susceptible to excessive sugar levels, which can create wine with higher alcohol levels and big fruit. Successful regions include California.  Common descriptors include jammy, blackberry.