| In the last article we went over the most popular | | | | This wine goes best with stews and leg of lamb |
| white wines. In this article we're going to try to | | | | and sells for about $19 a bottle.Another popular |
| give equal time to some of the more popular red | | | | wine from this region is Henry Pelham Gamay. It |
| wines, even though red wines in general are not | | | | is suggested this wine be served slightly chilled. It |
| as popular as white wines. That doesn't mean | | | | contains aromas of soft cherry, raspberry, |
| there aren't some good red wines out there. In | | | | pepper spice and plum. The wine is great with |
| this article we'll hit on a few of them.One of the | | | | stuffed tomatoes and prime rib and sells for |
| most popular red wines is Sharp Hill Vineyard Red | | | | about $14 a bottle.A great British Columbian wine |
| Seraph. This wine is made from a blend of St. | | | | from the Okanagan Valley is the Mission Hill |
| Croix grapes. It is a very smooth wine and goes | | | | Cabernet. It has a fine aroma of ripe blackberry, |
| very well with beef, lamb and pasta dishes. It | | | | cassis mingled with cedar, mocha and smoke. It is |
| goes for about $12 a bottle.Another popular red | | | | great with stuffed red peppers and sells for about |
| wine, also from Connecticut, is Cabernet Franc | | | | $21 a bottle.Then from California we have Knights |
| which is made exclusively from Cabernet Franc | | | | Valleys Beringer Cabernet Sauvignon. This wine |
| grapes. This wine is best served with all red meat | | | | has a ruby color and aromas of cocoa, black |
| dishes as well as chocolate desserts. It sells for | | | | currant, black cherry and cedar. It is great with a |
| about $17.50 a bottle.Another popular red wine, | | | | variety of roasts and sells for a hefty $45 a |
| and one of the less expensive red wines, is | | | | bottle. Yes, this is one very fine wine.Finally we |
| Pedroncelli 2000 Dry Creek Valley. It has sort of a | | | | have a terrific wine from France, the people who |
| blackberry flavor, goes very well with red meat | | | | just about invented great wine. Just don't tell the |
| and sells for a very cheap $14 a bottle. They say | | | | Italians that. The wine has a name a mile long. For |
| this is a great wine for Valentine's Day.Of course | | | | those who want to tackle trying to pronounce it, |
| we would be remiss if we didn't mention the ever | | | | the name is Chapoutier Chateauneuf Du-Pape La |
| popular Chianti which comes from the Tuscany | | | | Bernardine. Try wrapping your tongue around that |
| region in Northern Italy. Because the quality of this | | | | for a while. As for the wine itself, it has aromas |
| wine has risen dramatically in recent years so has | | | | of leather, pepper and liquorice and a black cherry |
| the price, selling for over $20 a bottle. This is a | | | | flavor. It goes great with rib eye steak and has a |
| great wine to have with white meats such as | | | | nice price tag of about $40. A really fine wine.The |
| pork or chicken.Then you have the wines bottle in | | | | list goes on and on. There are more great red |
| the Niagara Peninsula. One of the more popular of | | | | wines than people realize. So white wine, move |
| these is Big Bosc. This is a Bordeaux-style blend | | | | over. Red is in the building. |
| with the aroma of lack cherries, plums, and vanilla. | | | | |