While there are thousands of grape varieties grown worldwide, and dozens in the U.S., the majority of these are used for ...

GSM wines—a blend of grenache, syrah, and mourvèdre that also can contain splashes of 19 other grape varieties—is a distinctive Côtes du Rhône blend that spread worldwide. Notable GSM ...

To get the right combination of cold resistance and coveted wine flavor, Plocher and other breeders cross North America’s ...

Garrigue is a type of scrubby vegetation exclusive to the Mediterranean region. It's also, curiously, a descriptor of wine ...

France is the ancestral home of the most-popular red grape varieties in the world. With the exception of tempranillo, the Top ...

The black grapes we enjoy today (Vitis vinifera) come in two varieties — one grows in Western Asia near the Black Sea, and the other grows in the Americas. Most are cultivated for use in wine ...

The Midwest may be the last place many wine drinkers think of when seeking their next bottle. But consider Michigan, the Great Lakes State, as perhaps the country’s “third coast.” It’s a ...

Grape growers are in a particularly unique situation. Declining demand for wine and an increase in imported wine means there’s a glut of grapes this year, and it’s so bad there’s a surge in ...