Chenin blanc is making a quiet comeback in Napa Valley, offering a fresh alternative to chardonnay and sauvignon blanc.

Glowing on the vine like illuminated pink gumdrops, Koshu grapes are a sight to behold. Native to Japan, where the pale pink ...

French wine, and French wine law, is complicated with multiple appellations, grape varieties and subregions, but there are eight basic wine-producing regions in France. It is worth knowing them as ...

White Burgundy, or Bourgogne as it appears on the label, is made from the chardonnay grape 99 per cent of the time. Depending on where it is grown it varies from light and refreshing to rich and ...

Rich, complex and finely textured, chardonnay is the foundation of most of New Zealand’s finest dry whites. Spread through all the wine regions, the grapes ripen mid-season harbouring high levels of ...

You may not realise it, but some of the world’s most admired wines are blends – a mix of different grape varieties. Many of ...

Pinot Noir could become more widely planted, while niche grape varieties such as Maréchal Foch, Vidal, Marquette, Albariño could become more common because they can withstand cold ...

The region's most grown grapes by tonnage are Merlot, Cabarnet Franc and Pinot Gris, according to a recent report by the BC Wine Grape Council. That is unlikely to change soon, but shifts in the ...

The 2025 grape harvest has been in full swing for ... The pinot gris variety had been of a particularly good quality, he said. “The chardonnay that will go to Gisborne’s premium labels in ...