Featured grape varietal – Pinot Noir

Featured grape varietal – Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir is one of the most captivating and complex of wines. Today, over 40 mutations of Pinot Noir exist, and they all taste different. The variation sparks passion in winemakers and drinkers to create the pinnacle of Pinot Noir. From earth-scented bottlings with...
Featured grape varietal – Cabernet Franc

Featured grape varietal – Cabernet Franc

Cabernet Franc (often shortened to “cab franc”) is a French red wine grape that is planted in all major wine-producing regions of the world. It is usually blended with other grapes in Bordeaux-style red wines, but Cabernet Franc is also made as a single-varietal wine...
Featured grape varietal – Merlot

Featured grape varietal – Merlot

Merlot is the most popular and widely planted wine grape varietal in France, reaching its true zenith of expression in Bordeaux wine. Around the world, it’s the fifth most planted wine grape. Merlot is a variety of black wine grape that is originally from the Bordeaux...
Featured grape varietal – Shiraz / Syrah

Featured grape varietal – Shiraz / Syrah

Syrah is the red wine grape that rules the Northern Rhone Valley. While Syrah is planted all over the world, at close to 70,000 hectares, more Syrah is planted in France, than in any other country. Syrah is the only red grape allowed by AOC rules in the appellations...
Featured grape varietal: Grenache

Featured grape varietal: Grenache

Once the world’s most-planted grape variety, grenache is claimed by both Spain and Italy via the island of Sardinia, but its exact origin is uncertain. It’s an indisputable fact, however, that mutations of the grape over the centuries have led to grenache rouge, gris...
 
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