In each of  the first eight issues with WineBrix, the focus is on the grape varietials. Although all varietals are compelling, the purpose is to compare and contrast a single varietal. That way you can note similarities—how both wines have specific varietal traits. At the same time, you can experience how certain factors, such as style, winemaker technique, and region, work to distinguish one wine from another.

Building Up

In issues nine through eleven, the newsletter focus shifts slightly—to style and topic rather than varietal and topic—and it requires the knowledge you have gained from the first eight months with WineBrix.

The Test

Finally, in issue 12, you will use your "Winebrix Steps for Tasting" sheets in a blind tasting to determine what varietals are in the Mystery Wine bottles!!

There are literally hundreds of wine varietals for people to sample. We've chosen the first eight below because six of them are core varietals* in the wine world, two of them are gaining recognition, and all are the "brix" for building wine knowledge. Each Issue is devoted to comparing and contrasting two wines that are of the same grape varietal but do not taste the same.