Hi, Jerome from Trailblazing Wine and TWTV offering hints and tips to help you get the most enjoyment out of your wine. As we're finally approaching summer and hopefully some sunny summer days I thought this week would be a good time to start to introduce white wines. But I was thinking of white wines for those that would usually only drink red wines. When I ask people why they only drink red wine they often say that the reason for that is they find white wines a a bit fruity sometimes, a bit too sweet and what they enjoy about the red wines is the savoury complexity and dryness. So I thought I'd recommend some white wines that share those characteristics. There are six styles of white wine that I think would be a really good starting point if you currently only enjoy red wines. These white wines are not the kind of fruit bombs that you might be used to when you've tried white wines before. These are much more savoury in style. Some of them are produced in the same way that red wines are. The first wine I would recommend if you haven't tried it is a white Rioja. White Rioja is a herbaceous style of wine. It does have some character, lemon and citrus notes, but it also shows thyme and savoury herbs. It's a delicious wine with a bit of structure that would be very good to try if you only like red wines. The next wine I'd recommend you try if you only like red wines but would like to try white wines is a wine you probably haven't heard of called Ribolla Gialla. This wine comes from North East Italy and the wine is extremely complex offering floral notes ant not overly fruity. The wine shows tangerine and apricot notes but also floral and herbaceous notes. It's a really interesting style to try. The next style of wine that I would recommend trying is Chardonnay. Chardonnay that has had a little bit of oak ageing. Chardonnay with oak ageing often has been fermented in whole bunches including the grape skins and this is the same method used in red wine production. With this method you get a lot more complexity and savoury notes. You get a slightly heavier style of wine and I think this would be very appealing if you're starting out trying whites when you're used to only drinking reds. The next style that I would recommend is a Semillon Sauvignon. again, this is more herbaceous in style. You can find some great examples in South West France. The next style that I think is very exciting are Orange wines. Orange wines have started to come back in style. It's a very ancient method of producing white wine and it's come back largely from areas sort in Eastern Europe, Slovenia and Italy. Orange wines are white wines fermented in whole bunches with the grape skins so you get a lot more complexity as you would with red wine. More savoury notes and less fruity in style, you do get some fruit but these wines are very close to red wine in wine making style so these are good wines to try if you only like reds. Perfect to be chilled down in summer. The final wine I would recommend is a Marsanne Roussanne blend which again is herbaceous in style. This is delicious chilled but not the sort of fruit bombs that you would expect if you don't like white wine and you've experienced that when you've tried white wine. So what I'm going to do is put together a little offer on each of those wines that you can purchase and give those wines a go and experiment to see if you can start to enjoy white wines in the summer months if you've only liked red wines in the past. If you like this video please share it and please subscribe to this channel. I hope that helps and I'll see you next week.