These two popular wine styles share some ... was created as a cross between Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc during the 17th century. But the grapes’ differences go beyond their origins.

“I think it is important to note that cabernet sauvignon is a grape, and the most widely planted grape on the planet,” Tyler Balliet of Rebel School of Wine told Spoon University. When it ...

the grapes from Bordeaux provide a herbal base, with flavours of graphite, violets and tobacco. In contrast, cabernet from California is more fruit-forward, with black cherry, liquorice and a touch of ...

The faithful will soon be able to enjoy truly holy wine after the Vatican planted vines to produce its own special vintage.

Pinot Noir could become more widely planted, while niche grape varieties such as Maréchal Foch, Vidal, Marquette, Albariño ...

Cabernet Sauvignon might be the most prolific, most popular red wine variety in the world ... driven reds from the Santa Cruz Mountains. The grape is planted north to south in Italy, where ...

but the evidence of excellent Chilean wine made from a host of other grapes was difficult to ignore. All this brings me to the question of New York State cabernet franc. Is it the state’s ...

Over the past thirty years or so, our regional wineries have begun to hone their skills, both in the vineyard and cellar, with this variety. Typically we have not been ...

Cabernet Sauvignon, native to Bordeaux, has thick blue skins, giving the resulting wines plentiful tannins and phenolics and making them particularly ageworthy. Over the past 50 years, Cabernet ...