Once dismissed after the movie Sideways, Merlot is quietly regaining prestige as top producers from Napa to Bordeaux and Bolgheri showcase its depth, structure, and elegance. Winemakers are ...

Everything you need to know about one of America’s favorite red wines. Merlot is one of the world’s most popular red wines, and America’s second favorite after Cabernet Sauvignon. Known for its soft, ...

Part of the fascination of visiting PA Wine Land is enjoying the many different wines made from many different grape varieties. A wine made from two or more different grapes is called a “blend,” while ...

Vicki Denig is a wine and travel journalist who divides her time between New York and Paris. She is a certified wine specialist who has worked in the wine trade since 2013. Cabernet Sauvignon may be ...

The much maligned merlot is striking back. Pity the fool who thinks a half-way popular movie could be the end of one of the great grapes of Bordeaux. Sure, the 2004 movie “Sideways” sidelined merlot ...

Perhaps no country on Earth is as geographically suited to the production of red wines as Chile. The primary grape growing region of the valley to the east and south of Santiago has some astonishing ...

As American wine drinkers pay renewed attention to underrated, classic grapes and curiously explore offbeat, indigenous varieties, there are certainly some fashionable grape varieties on the scene.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Once dismissed after the movie Sideways, Merlot is quietly regaining prestige as top producers from Napa to Bordeaux and Bolgheri ...

In 2004, a single line of movie dialogue did what no harvest failure or market crash could: it nearly killed an entire category. After Sideways, Merlot became shorthand for everything unsophisticated ...