Penfolds Grange wine is one of the world’s renowned wines. Penfolds Grange wine is without doubt one of Australia’s popular wines. With humble start in the 1950’s, Penfolds Grange has retained its place as Australia’s most renowned red wine for more than 40 years. This wine is Australia’s most prestigious red wine leading in the world market.

Penfolds Grange wine is prepared from Syrah(Shiraz) grape and with little proportion of Cabernet Sauvignon. In 2004, an individual bottle of Penfolds Grange wine was sold at auction for more than A$50,000. In an era when fortified wines were in fashion; Penfolds Grange wine was styled as an influential wine.

Port wine is a sweet fortified dessert wine which originated from the Douro Valley in the northern sphere of Portugal. It is a Portuguese style of wine and Portugal is one of the leading and famous producers of wine across the globe. Port wine is typically a red wine and a sweet dessert wine which is served as a dessert after dinner. It is a famous wine that is fortified with brandy spirit. The winemakers of Port wine are known as “shippers”. Port wines are added to variety of dishes such as fish courses and meat. Port wine is rich in aroma and has several types; each type being universally famous.

The most famous type of Port is Ruby, Late Bottled Vintage and Tawny.

In central Tuscany of Italy, there is a region known as Chianti famous for producing one of the world’s best wines. Chianti wines have derived its name from this famous wine region of Italy. Chianti wine is a very popular red Italian wine. It is prepared by blending 10% Canaiola, 75-100% Sangiovese and up to 20% of any other approved red grape variety such as Syrah, Merlot or Cabernet Sauvignon. The minimum content of alcohol in Chianti wine is 11.5 percent.

In previous days, Chianti wines were typically basket bottle wines which were served on a red checked table-cloth. During old days, Chianti wines were also served holding a romantic candle.

Rioja is a region in Spain; which has a long and rich history of producing best wines in the world. Spain is known for having the biggest area dedicated to the wine growing region than any other country in the world. Rioja is a wine which has derived its name from the famous Rioja region in Spain.

Rioja wine is generally a blend of different grape varieties, and can be white (blanco), rose (Rosado) or red (tinto). Rioja region yields 250 million liters of wine every year and 85% of it is red wine. Rioja wine is prepared by three vital regions of Rioja: - Rioja Alta, Rioja Alavesa and Rioja Baja. These three regions produce Rioja wine in its own unique way.

The famous Chateau Grillet wine is named after the wine region situated in the northern Rhone wine region of France. Chateau Grillet is a winery in France which is 3.8 hectares in size and produces 10,000 bottles of Chateau Grillet wine every year. This winery produces white wine from a white wine grape variety known as Viognier grapes. Viognier grape variety is the only permitted grape variety for the French wine Chateau Grillet in the Rhone Valley.

Chateau Grillet is a white wine prepared from Viognier grapes. Chateau Grillet wine is anticipated to be drunk with some maturity of around ten years or more from the vintage year.