Grenache is a wonderful grape, a favorite of mine actually. But it is something of an unsung hero. You don’t often see the name on the front label as few producers use it on its own. But some do and ...

Certain wine grapes get all the attention. Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon – they’re the Justin Bieber and Leonardo Dicaprios of the wine world. But if you dig a little deeper, there are ...

Grenache is one of the most widely planted grapes in the world. It is frequently used as a blending grape, as is often the case in the Rhone Valley and Priorat, but increasingly it is being bottled on ...

A wine grape famous in France and Spain long has been grown in Washington but has caught on as an important variety in only the past several years. Grenache is a late-ripening red variety that thrives ...

Back in the 1980s, when I was learning about wine, I used to cherish Châteauneuf-du-Pape. It seemed like an important and wonderful appellation. Certainly the bottles impressed me, with their ...

Grenache is an international crowd-pleaser. Also known as garnacha or cannonau, it’s a variety of grape that grows well in many varied regions. It makes an excellent single-varietal wine, but also ...

Last time I checked, grenache was the second-most widely planted grape in the world after airen, a white varietal that is largely used to make brandy in Spain. Grenache, which also hails from Spain ...

How often do you walk into a wine bar and order a grenache? Not often, I suspect, or at least not consciously. It’s one of those grapes, like sangiovese, that just isn’t particularly famous in its own ...

If you take a single variety and make wine in three distinct regions, how different will the wines be? By Eric Asimov How important is the choice of grape in determining the character of a wine?