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Xinomavro

Xinomavro

Xinomavro is one of Greece’s most serious red grapes, and also one of its most expressive. It comes from northern Greece and has been grown there for centuries, even if...

Xinomavro

Xinomavro is one of Greece’s most serious red grapes, and also one of its most expressive. It comes from northern Greece and has been grown there for centuries, even if...

Xarel·lo

Xarel·lo

Xarel·lo is one of those grapes that quietly holds an entire region together. Grown mainly in Catalonia, it’s best known as one of the three traditional pillars of Cava, alongside...

Xarel·lo

Xarel·lo is one of those grapes that quietly holds an entire region together. Grown mainly in Catalonia, it’s best known as one of the three traditional pillars of Cava, alongside...

The Impact of Aging on Wine: Time in a Bottle (and Why Most of Us Waste It)

The Impact of Aging on Wine: Time in a Bottle (...

Wine has a relationship with time that’s closer to marriage than science: complicated, unpredictable, and occasionally miraculous. We love to talk about “cellar potential,” as if wine were a trust...

The Impact of Aging on Wine: Time in a Bottle (...

Wine has a relationship with time that’s closer to marriage than science: complicated, unpredictable, and occasionally miraculous. We love to talk about “cellar potential,” as if wine were a trust...

Welschriesling

Welschriesling

Welschriesling is one of Central Europe’s great shape-shifters, known by different names depending on where you are. In Hungary it’s Olaszrizling, in Slovenia Laški Rizling, and in Croatia Graševina. Despite...

Welschriesling

Welschriesling is one of Central Europe’s great shape-shifters, known by different names depending on where you are. In Hungary it’s Olaszrizling, in Slovenia Laški Rizling, and in Croatia Graševina. Despite...

Viura

Viura

Viura, also known as Macabeo, is one of those quietly important white grapes that’s been doing solid work for centuries without making a big fuss about it. It’s thought to...

Viura

Viura, also known as Macabeo, is one of those quietly important white grapes that’s been doing solid work for centuries without making a big fuss about it. It’s thought to...

Viognier

Viognier

Viognier is a white grape with a bit of a comeback story. It comes from France’s Northern Rhône, where it’s been around for a very long time—possibly since Roman days—though...

Viognier

Viognier is a white grape with a bit of a comeback story. It comes from France’s Northern Rhône, where it’s been around for a very long time—possibly since Roman days—though...