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Who Made the Wine You Are Drinking Now?

Who Made the Wine You Are Drinking Now?

I recently came across a YouTube video, How It’s Made or something like that.The story was about a huge wine factory producing millions of bottles of something made from tonnes of grapes.Grapes...

Who Made the Wine You Are Drinking Now?

I recently came across a YouTube video, How It’s Made or something like that.The story was about a huge wine factory producing millions of bottles of something made from tonnes of grapes.Grapes...

Grillo

Grillo

Grillo is a white wine grape native to Sicily, Italy, believed to be a natural cross between Catarratto and Zibibbo (Muscat of Alexandria). It thrives in the island’s warm, dry...

Grillo

Grillo is a white wine grape native to Sicily, Italy, believed to be a natural cross between Catarratto and Zibibbo (Muscat of Alexandria). It thrives in the island’s warm, dry...

Jacquère

Jacquère

Jacquère is a white wine grape closely tied to France’s Savoie region in the eastern Alps, where it has been cultivated for centuries. Its exact origins are unclear, but the...

Jacquère

Jacquère is a white wine grape closely tied to France’s Savoie region in the eastern Alps, where it has been cultivated for centuries. Its exact origins are unclear, but the...

Anything But Chardonnay: The Grape You Swore You’d Never Drink Again

Anything But Chardonnay: The Grape You Swore Yo...

Almost everyone has that one grape they’ve banished. “I don’t drink Merlot.” “Anything but Chardonnay.” “Pinot Gris? No, thanks.” The words sound decisive, like a hard-earned lesson from experience —...

Anything But Chardonnay: The Grape You Swore Yo...

Almost everyone has that one grape they’ve banished. “I don’t drink Merlot.” “Anything but Chardonnay.” “Pinot Gris? No, thanks.” The words sound decisive, like a hard-earned lesson from experience —...

Merlot

Merlot

Merlot is a red wine grape variety that originated in the Bordeaux region of France, likely in the 18th century, as a natural cross between Cabernet Franc and Magdeleine Noire...

Merlot

Merlot is a red wine grape variety that originated in the Bordeaux region of France, likely in the 18th century, as a natural cross between Cabernet Franc and Magdeleine Noire...

Alcohol in Wine: The Angel and the Arsonist

Alcohol in Wine: The Angel and the Arsonist

Alcohol in wine is both the hero and the villain of the story. It gives the drink its warmth, its swagger, its sense of consequence — and, if left unchecked,...

Alcohol in Wine: The Angel and the Arsonist

Alcohol in wine is both the hero and the villain of the story. It gives the drink its warmth, its swagger, its sense of consequence — and, if left unchecked,...