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Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir is a red wine grape variety celebrated for its elegance, nuance, and uncanny ability to translate place into flavor. It is both revered and feared by winemakers: capable...

Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir is a red wine grape variety celebrated for its elegance, nuance, and uncanny ability to translate place into flavor. It is both revered and feared by winemakers: capable...

Wine Bottle Types and Sizes: Apparently One Size Wasn’t Dramatic Enough

Wine Bottle Types and Sizes: Apparently One Siz...

Wine could have made it simple. One shape, one size, one job. But no – humans got involved, and now we have a family reunion of glass shapes, all pretending...

Wine Bottle Types and Sizes: Apparently One Siz...

Wine could have made it simple. One shape, one size, one job. But no – humans got involved, and now we have a family reunion of glass shapes, all pretending...

Refosco

Refosco

Refosco is a red wine grape variety native to northeastern Italy, with deep historical roots in Friuli-Venezia Giulia and neighboring Veneto. Its exact origins are hazy—ancient grapes tend to be...

Refosco

Refosco is a red wine grape variety native to northeastern Italy, with deep historical roots in Friuli-Venezia Giulia and neighboring Veneto. Its exact origins are hazy—ancient grapes tend to be...

The Racy, the Flabby, and the Tractor Shed

The Racy, the Flabby, and the Tractor Shed

Spend enough time around sommeliers and you’ll start to wonder if they’re actually describing wine or reciting poetry translated from dolphin. They speak a dialect both enchanting and absurd, full...

The Racy, the Flabby, and the Tractor Shed

Spend enough time around sommeliers and you’ll start to wonder if they’re actually describing wine or reciting poetry translated from dolphin. They speak a dialect both enchanting and absurd, full...

Pinot Grigio

Pinot Grigio

Pinot Grigio, also known as Pinot Gris, is a white wine grape variety that traces its origins to Burgundy, France. Genetically, it is a color mutation of Pinot Noir, which...

Pinot Grigio

Pinot Grigio, also known as Pinot Gris, is a white wine grape variety that traces its origins to Burgundy, France. Genetically, it is a color mutation of Pinot Noir, which...

Cabernet Franc

Cabernet Franc

Cabernet Franc is a red wine grape variety with deep roots in Bordeaux, France, where it plays a key role in traditional Bordeaux blends and is one of the parent...

Cabernet Franc

Cabernet Franc is a red wine grape variety with deep roots in Bordeaux, France, where it plays a key role in traditional Bordeaux blends and is one of the parent...