Sauvignon Blanc is a white-wine grape originally from western France, but now grown all over the world. While the variety may be most readily associated with the Loire Valley (and more recently Marlborough, New Zealand), it is more likely to have origina
Vin de Paille, also a key wine style of the Jura, is made from grapes that have been dried out for several weeks (or even months) in order to concentrate their sugars and flavors. These wines were traditionally made from grapes left to dry on loosely woven mats made of straw (paille)...
At the same time, if there is too much heat during ripening, the grapes can yield overblown, hotly alcoholic wine that lacks the fresh, steely, apricot zing that is part of the variety's appeal. Some producers will encourage more aromatic complexity (and no small degree of additional ...
Rioja's red wines have traditionally permitted a certain amount of white wine to be used in red winemaking, and Macabeo (Viura) was an obvious choice here. Macabeo grapes can be used on their own but are most commonly combined with other local varieties; in Rioja withMalvasiaandGarnacha Blanc...
Wine-Searcher Editorial · Last updated 12-Feb-2021 Mauzac Grapes(© Christophe Grilhe) Mauzac (or Mauzac Blanc) is a traditional white grape variety found throughout South West France. While it has been largely supplanted by fashionable Chardonnay, it is used to make still and sparkling ...
Wine-Searcher Editorial · Last updated 19-Aug-2024 Grenache Gris grapes Grenache Gris is a pinkish-grey mutation of the red Grenache grape and is grown to a limited extent in the south of France. Little research has been conducted into the history of Grenache Gris and the variety remains ...
Most Popular Verdelho Wine The variety is most famous for its role in the production of the fortified wines of Madeira, where it is one of the drier and fresher (higher acid) of the four standard, varietally labeled, Madeira wines. Sercial often has more acidity and less residual sugar wh...
Wine-Searcher Editorial·Last updated 09-Mar-2021 Grenache Blanc Grapes Grenache Blanc(Garnacha Blanca inSpain) is the light-skinned mutation ofGrenache Noir. Although it is native to northeastern Spain, Grenache Blanc is best known for its role in southernFrenchwhite wines and in particular as a...
Bual produces small bunches of small grapes which, despite their relative quality, do not ripen or yield as reliably as do those of the most common post-phylloxera Madeira grape variety, Tinta Negra Mole. There have been few new plantings of Bual in the 21st Century. ...
Albarello is a rare white wine grape grown in the province of Galicia, northwestern Spain. Albarello is grown in very small volumes – the grape's popularity declined after the oidium fungus and phylloxera affected the region.