Sauvignon Blanc: Noble White Variety 
Sauvignon Blanc is one of the oldest cultivated grape varieties, and today it is the world’s second most popular white grape variety, after Chardonnay. The wine it produces is light, refreshing, and naturally high in acidity, with a distinctive and instantly recognizable aroma: a whole bouquet of green notes—green bell pepper, gooseberry, blackcurrant leaves, freshly cut grass—along with tropical fruit and white flowers. Sauvignon Blanc is generally meant to be drunk young, and with relatively few exceptions, aging does it no favors. The wines are usually dry, although Sauvignon Blanc is also an important component of the famous sweet wines of Sauternes and Barsac.
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Chile: overview for wine lovers 
The modern global wine market is impossible to imagine without Chilean wines. Today, Chile ranks fifth in the world for wine exports. Chilean wines are valued for their high quality and reasonable prices. And yet, some thirty years ago, the chance of encountering a Chilean wine outside South America was close to zero. Even in Chile itself, a wine lover did not have much to celebrate.
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The Rising Star of Petit Verdot 
Petit Verdot, an ancient French grape variety that has spent centuries as a supporting player, is slowly stepping into the spotlight. More and more wine lovers are discovering a truly unusual wine that combines full body and high tannins with a vivid floral-fruity aroma. A well-made varietal Petit Verdot is a deeply colored, almost inky wine with powerful yet silky tannins, aromas of violet and lilac, flavors of black cherry and plum, and notes of pepper and spice, sometimes with touches of tobacco and leather.
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Carménère 
Three grape varieties that originated in France have found a new homeland in South America, where they have flourished and become the flagship grapes of their respective countries. Today, Tannat represents Uruguay, Malbec symbolizes Argentina, and Carménère stands for Chile. The migration stories of Tannat and Malbec follow a fairly typical path, but the modern history of Carménère is a tale of human slip-up.
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Overview of South American wines 
In the present day, it’s virtually impossible to envision the global wine market without the vibrant presence of South American wines. Walk into any wine store in North America, one not exclusively dedicated to a specific region, and you’ll undoubtedly find Chilean and Argentinean wines gracing its shelves. Yet, a mere two decades ago, the prospect of encountering South American wines outside of South America was an exceedingly rare occurrence.
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Chardonnay: the taste of climate and oak 
If you drink white wine in general, you almost surely drank Chardonnay. More than likely you drank it many times, even sometimes you probably didn’t know that it was Chardonnay in your glass. This is a very popular grape variety. Nowadays every wine-producing country makes Chardonnay. Every wine store, every restaurant has a multiple choice of Chardonnay. Its popularity keeps first place among white wines (or shares it with Sauvignon blanc that is more probable).
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