Classic Wines

Host Brian Freedman guides you through the sometimes complex process of reading a wine label. Grapes... vintages... producers... regions... there is a lot to know when picking out a bottle of wine! Furthermore, there is no standard when it comes to the information producers have to provide you. If you're choosing a new world wine, you can expect one style. If you are choosing an old world wine, you can expect another. Brian breaks it down to help you with your next wine shopping excursion. The wines sampled today are the Ravens Wood 2005 Sonoma County Zinfandel, and the Joseph Drouhin Chablis Premier Cru.

French wines are close to the hearts of wine lovers everywhere. There is such a rich history involved in the french wine making regions that they don't even bother to list on the label the grapes used to make the wine. The reason is that the same grapes have been planted in the same regions for many many years.

German wines, especially german wine labels, can be a bit mysterious to most of us. The label on the bottle, for instance a reising, will tell you a lot of information about the grape, when it was picked and the area its from. Join us as we learn more with the sommeliers from The Wine School of Philadelphia.