In a new plan to help combat climate change, California-based Jackson Family Wines has announced new programs and initiatives to inspire other wine businesses. Learn more about their programs which ...

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 ...

Bordeaux is known as a red-wine region, and rightfully so. Red varieties outnumber whites in terms of plantings, and the region’s red wines are among some of the most collectible and ageworthy in the ...

Today's selection of new releases shows California Zinfandel at its best, with all six wines scoring 90 points or higher and costing $36 or less. This includes bottlings from 2015 and 2016, both ...

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This popular red grape originated in Burgundy but has spread across the New World. Like its white Burgundian counterpart Chardonnay, Pinot Noir is early-budding, early-ripening and thin-skinned. The ...

When it comes to white wines in California, there are plenty more to discover than your staple Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc. Off-the-radar categories like Chenin Blanc and Rhône-style whites have ...

This grape’s genetic roots can be traced to modern-day Croatia, where it's known as Crljenak or Tribidrag; both Zinfandel and the southern Italian grape Primitivo are clones of this Croatian variety.

This popular red grape originated in Burgundy but has spread across the New World. Like its white Burgundian counterpart Chardonnay, Pinot Noir is early-budding, early-ripening and thin-skinned. The ...

The Rhône experienced two different types of vintages in 2017 and 2018. The 2017 crop ripened quickly in hot weather, and some appellations fared better than others. Cooler, late-ripening sites with ...

Chenin Blanc originated in France's Loire Valley, likely in the Anjou subregion, which today makes the world's most acclaimed Chenins. The grape's frontiers have expanded, to South Africa, where it’s ...

There's a full playground of California Pinot Noir out there. The grape has a reputation for being finicky and hard to grow, but when in the right place, Pinot Noir excels. Six of our 10 picks today ...