Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A certain faction of wine drinkers like to state (often emphatically) they drink only old-world wine. It is widely accepted that ...

A fall in demand for French wines, a more competitive market and lingering pandemic problems have hit winemakers in the regions of Bordeaux and Languedoc so hard that the French government will soon ...

Tuscan blends nearly always highlight sangiovese blended with French grapes – cabernet sauvignon, merlot, syrah, etc. This approach stands out in a country close to tradition and its indigenous ...

Not many wine countries are as closely associated with a particular grape variety as Argentina. The grape is, of course, malbec. Malbec came to Argentina’s largest wine region Mendoza in the mid-19th ...

While ruminating about what my next story would be, I had a delicious snack of hummus and pita bread with a glass of L’Arete de Thau Piquepoul & Terret from the eastern Languedoc region. That wine was ...

In America, the winemaker is king. We taste a fabulous cabernet or chardonnay and bow before the wizardry of Ed Sbragia of Beringer, Chuck Ortman of Meridian or Dick Arrowood of Arrowood winery. In ...

Change doesn’t happen in Italy’s tradition-bound wine industry very often. In the second half of the 20th century, a few big movements occurred, such as the use of French grapes in some Tuscan wines, ...

Wines in America have a complex history. The Vikings visited North America and called it Vinland because of the profusion of grape vines, none of which made good wine. The earliest traceable ...

A certain faction of wine drinkers like to state (often emphatically) they drink only old-world wine. It is widely accepted that they mean bottles from France, Italy and Spain made with native grapes ...