Most of us will never taste Château d’Yquem, world standard in Sauternes—the unfortified sweet white wine from the Graves region of Bordeaux. Continue reading “Yquem”
Category: Wine & Grapes
Bonarda-Malbec
When a Bordeaux grape and South American terroir tumbled into passionate embrace, Argentinean vintners gave birth to an international legit hit in malbec. Continue reading “Bonarda-Malbec”
Pinotage
Pinotage (pinno-tahj ), the distinctive South African wine, is a work in progress. Continue reading “Pinotage”
Vinho Verde
With summer beginning today, terrific summer wine you may not have heard about, and a wine even your friends who don’t think they like wine may enjoy. Continue reading “Vinho Verde”
Bonarda
Asked to name the top grape in Argentina, surely you boldly bellowed “bonarda!” Continue reading “Bonarda”
Colombard
Baby Boomer? You probably got your white wine initiation with French Colombard. Continue reading “Colombard”
Syrah/Shiraz
Wine black humor: “What is difference between a case of Syrah and a case of pneumonia? You can get rid of a case of pneumonia.” Continue reading “Syrah/Shiraz”
Gamay grape
Waggish wine wisdom: Gamay grapes are wine world’s simplest red grapes and make the only white wine that happens to be red. Continue reading “Gamay grape”
Sémillon
Sémillon is grape that stars in improbable marriages: with Sauvignon Blanc in classic blends made in France and Australia; with fungus Botrytis cinerea in Sauternes region of Bordeaux to create world’s longest-lived unfortified wines. Continue reading “Sémillon”
Cabernet Franc
Cabernet Franc is an important grape variety for a variety of reasons: its progeny, its role as a ubiquitous blending grape, as insurance, and—finally—as a splendid lead grape in its own right. Continue reading “Cabernet Franc”