Category: Varietals and Wine Styles

I recently met a new-to-me grape called Altesse (pronounced al tess) that I really liked. So, I decided it would be fun to cover this

If you’re a fan of Port, you know Touriga Nacional. But do you know it well? Let’s explore this grape now.   Thanks to Wine

In my wonderful wine book on red wines, I came across a piece on Mission grapes and wines. This grape comes to us from the

Montepulciano is both a wine and a city. But the two aren’t at all related. The Montepulciano grape does not grow in the city with

We’ve all heard of red wine headaches. But Champagne headaches? Yes. Sadly, they happen. We’ll explore this phenomenon here. Thank you to Got Purple Tree

It’s time once again to explore a red grape that is new to me. Thanks to the book Red Wine, I was able to learn

GSM stands for Grenache, Syrah, and Mourvèdre – three important grapes grown in the Rhône region of France. Wine Folly tells us that “What makes this