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The Grape’s Journey: Winemaking Methods Explained

The Grape’s Journey: Winemaking Methods Explained

The whole business of winemaking, when you boil it down – which, mind you, is precisely what you don’t do to the grapes, unless you’re aiming for a really hellish...

The Grape’s Journey: Winemaking Methods Explained

The whole business of winemaking, when you boil it down – which, mind you, is precisely what you don’t do to the grapes, unless you’re aiming for a really hellish...

Aligoté

Aligoté

Aligoté is one of Burgundy's quieter intellectuals: sharp-minded, historically important, and long underestimated because it lives next door to celebrity siblings. Spend a little time with it, though, and it...

Aligoté

Aligoté is one of Burgundy's quieter intellectuals: sharp-minded, historically important, and long underestimated because it lives next door to celebrity siblings. Spend a little time with it, though, and it...

Dolcetto

Dolcetto

Dolcetto is a red grape firmly tied to Piedmont in northwest Italy, where it has been grown for centuries. Mentions of a grape called “Dolce” show up as far back...

Dolcetto

Dolcetto is a red grape firmly tied to Piedmont in northwest Italy, where it has been grown for centuries. Mentions of a grape called “Dolce” show up as far back...

Champagne vs Prosecco: The Real Differences

Champagne vs Prosecco: The Real Differences

Champagne and Prosecco — the twin bubbles of civilization, forever mistaken for identical twins when they're really distant cousins who only meet at weddings. They both fizz, flirt, and make...

Champagne vs Prosecco: The Real Differences

Champagne and Prosecco — the twin bubbles of civilization, forever mistaken for identical twins when they're really distant cousins who only meet at weddings. They both fizz, flirt, and make...

Carricante

Carricante

Carricante is a white grape with deep roots on the slopes of Mount Etna in Sicily, where it has been cultivated for centuries in the island’s volcanic soils. While its...

Carricante

Carricante is a white grape with deep roots on the slopes of Mount Etna in Sicily, where it has been cultivated for centuries in the island’s volcanic soils. While its...

Carmenère

Carmenère

Carmenère has one of wine’s great identity-crisis stories. Originally from Bordeaux, it was once a familiar part of the region’s blends, especially in the Médoc during the 18th century. After...

Carmenère

Carmenère has one of wine’s great identity-crisis stories. Originally from Bordeaux, it was once a familiar part of the region’s blends, especially in the Médoc during the 18th century. After...