World of Wine

A free wine guide by Nolea

Start with what you already have.

Start with a bottle, grape, place or dinner. Find out what the label means, how a wine tastes or what to try with your meal.

What have you got?

A name, a dish or a word off the label will do.

Vineyard rows running across the hills of Piemonte
Start with a place Piemonte, Italy Explore Piemonte

Learn the feeling. Then find the words.

Think of a tart apple, then a sip of strong black tea. One makes your mouth water; the other leaves a drying grip. Wine can have both.

Tell acidity from tannin
AcidityNotice your mouth watering
TanninNotice the grip on your gums
Two familiar sensations to recognise in a glass of wine.

Chianti and Chianti Classico are different wines.

Both use the Sangiovese grape. Each has its own appellation: a named wine-growing area with rules for making the wine. Classico belongs to the full place name; it does not mean an ordinary Chianti has been given a higher grade.

Read about the two wines
Chianti Across central Toscana
Chianti Classico Between Florence and Siena
Two separate wine-growing areas. Read the complete name on the label.
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Get to know what’s in your glass.

Look, smell, taste. Learn what to notice and how to put it into words.

Begin the tasting lesson
Learn Follow a lesson at your own pace Library Look up a grape, style or wine term Atlas Explore wine by place