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Tavel Wine Region Guide
Meet Tavel, the only French wine region devoted entirely to rosé. A sommelier's guide to its history, grapes, terroir, and best food pairings.


Pairing Curry Spice With Wine
Caribbean curry is earthy and warm rather than just hot, which opens up more pairing options than most people expect. Here's where to start.


Climate Change and the New Age of Wildfire in Wine Country
Wildfires are tearing through Bordeaux, Spain, and now Burgundy's Côte-d'Or . The latest chapter in a decade-long pattern reshaping wine country worldwide.


All About Sangiovese
Sangiovese is Italy's most planted red grape, and it wears more names than almost anything else on a wine list. Chianti, Brunello di Montalcino, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, they are all Sangiovese wearing a different regional disguise, and each one tells you something different about the grape's range.


What Is a Wine Cooperative
A plain-English guide to wine cooperatives and how small growers pool resources to make wine together, and why the model produces some surprisingly excellent bottles.


Why Portugal Is the Wine Region Everyone's Talking About
Portugal has quietly been doing its own thing for centuries, growing grapes that exist nowhere else on earth and refusing to chase international trends. That independence is exactly why the rest of the wine world is suddenly paying attention.


LCBO Wine Find: Domaine Maby La Forcadière Tavel Rosé 2025
This wine is a blend of seven grapes, and as the producer explains the split "Grenache noir (55%), Cinsault (20%), Syrah (10%), Mourvedre(5%), Grenache blanc (5%), etc."
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Tavel Wine Region Guide
Meet Tavel, the only French wine region devoted entirely to rosé. A sommelier's guide to its history, grapes, terroir, and best food pairings.
Aug 13


Pairing Curry Spice With Wine
Caribbean curry is earthy and warm rather than just hot, which opens up more pairing options than most people expect. Here's where to start.
Aug 8


Climate Change and the New Age of Wildfire in Wine Country
Wildfires are tearing through Bordeaux, Spain, and now Burgundy's Côte-d'Or . The latest chapter in a decade-long pattern reshaping wine country worldwide.
Jul 28


What Is a Clone in Wine?
A clone isn't a different grape, it's the same grape with a genetic quirk that changes how it grows and tastes. Here's what that actually means, and the clones behind some of the most recognizable wines on the shelf.
Jul 15


What is Ramato Wine
Ever wonder why some Pinot Grigio pours out pink instead of pale straw? Meet ramato, the grape's original style, made with skin contact long before modern winemaking favoured paler, safer whites. Here's what's really in your glass.
Jul 11
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