This cluster of naturally white-skinned grapes shows initial symptoms of "noble rot" infection, as the white grape berries turn pink. For hundreds of years, the fungus Botrytis cinerea has been key to ...

In recent weeks, I’ve tried a couple of excellent Spanish wines made from 100 percent Garnacha, a grape with a long, colorful history. The wines are full- bodied, inky red and have a lot of fruit ...

Given a chance, many varieties, once scorned or dismissed, have proven they can shine. Why constrain our thinking about them by creating hierarchies? By Eric Asimov The way people talk about wine ...

NAPA (AP) – Things got fuzzy in the Dolce vineyard this harvest. The mold known as botrytis sneaked in with early rains, and once-pale green semillon grapes shriveled into purple, furry blobs. The ...

The world’s most planted wine grape is not just a modern workhorse of global vineyards, it is also a living archive of ...

“Noble” is a term used (especially in France) to denote the grapes from which the most exceptional wines are produced. The noble French reds are well known to most people who own a corkscrew: Cabernet ...

Last week marked the first anniversary of the official worldwide observance of March 13 as the birthday for riesling, the noble grape of Germany that’s such an important chapter in the biography of ...

There are a number of factors that, blended together, determine a wines particular flavor profile, namely grape variety, “terroir” (soil and climate), winemaking techniques, the vines age, weather ...

Though at times it feels like winter is never going to pry its icy fingers off Long Island, spring weather really is on the way. And with the spring comes an urge to drink lighter, yet still refined, ...