Explore beginner-friendly guides to the world's most important wine grapes. Learn how different grape varieties taste, where they grow best, and which foods they pair with.
Beginner-friendly guides designed to help you understand wine with confidence.
Chardonnay is a white grape known for apple, citrus and peach flavours. Depending on winemaking choices, it can also show buttery notes and vanilla. It is famous in Burgundy, Champagne, California and Australia, and is loved for its range from crisp and refreshing to rich and creamy.
Gamay is a light- to medium-bodied red grape best known from Beaujolais. It offers red fruit, floral notes, fresh acidity and soft tannins, making it an approachable, food-friendly wine.
Pinot Noir is an elegant red grape that produces light- to medium-bodied wines with bright acidity, soft tannins and flavours of cherry, raspberry, strawberry, rose and earthy notes. Originally from Burgundy, it now excels in cool-climate regions worldwide.
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