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04-12-2010, 04:37 PM,
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The problem is that most European wines that are named after regions are blends of grapes. The ancient reason is that people were proud of their regions. The modern reason is because of the blends. The two wines you mention are the names of two wines from Verona. They are made from essentially the same grapes. The difference is the grapes for Amarone are laid out in the sun to be practically made into raisins before fermenting. The principal grape in both is Corvina.

There is no trick to this at all. When dealing with European wines you have to simply learn which grape or grapes are in each wine. There are books and internet sites to help you with this.

One country that makes it easy is Spain. The Spanish usually print somewhere on the label (front or back) what grapes are in the wine.
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