This is not how you’re supposed to enjoy Rhône style wines. One grape variety at a time, that is, which is what I’m suggesting today as a way to “play” with wine and maybe boost your experience and ...

As with other European denominations, Rhône Valley wines are referred to by appellation rather than grape, so you will likely see them listed under names such as Côtes du Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, ...

Rhône grapes, Rhône Valley, Rhône-style wines, Rhône rangers. … You may have heard these terms bandied about, but what do they mean? The Rhône, a major river in France, rises in the Alps and flows ...

When Kale Anderson joined in a wine festival this spring down on the Central Coast, it didn’t say “double-outlier” anywhere on his name badge, but it easily could have. For nearly two decades, the ...

Few knew the Northern Rhône Valley when he began growing grapes and making wine in the 1940s. By the time he retired, the region, and his wines, were world famous. By Eric Asimov Skilled, charismatic ...

Bordeaux and Burgundy often get all the attention when it comes to great wine regions in France. But when it comes to outstanding, affordable wines, few wine regions can compete with France’s Rhone ...

SOME WINES HAVE never been much sought after or admired. They’re not made in particularly prestigious places, and they don’t sell for particularly large sums. In the hierarchy of vinous prestige, they ...

Roaming the hills and plateaus of the West, the Rhone Rangers maintain their lonely mission: to sway the drinkers of America away from our safe zones of chardonnay and cabernet sauvignon, into ...

YAKIMA, Wash. -- One of the best wine regions in France, along with Bordeaux and Burgundy, is the Rhône Valley. It is a large, warm, grape-growing area known by oenophiles for its exceptional wines.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. France’s third largest appellation (behind Languedoc-Roussillon and Bordeaux), the Cotes du Rhône often seems like a forgotten ...