For many reasons, these varieties have either been unfairly dismissed or are little known outside their home regions. But they make joyful wines. By Eric Asimov A few weeks ago I opened a bottle that ...

Everything you need to know to make the most of grape season. Food & Wine / Matt Taylor-Gross There are more than 10,000 varieties of grapes grown globally, but only a small minority makes its way to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Cathrine Todd is a New York City-based writer who focuses on wine. The pragmatic winemaker was astonished as he stood in the ...

When we think of growing grapes, we might recall the expansive vineyards growing in California wine country or a backyard grape vine somewhere on the mainland. Gerry had his first viticulture ...

Whether you eat them raw or use them in wine production, grapes are an amazing fruit. Knowing a few facts about grapes can help you impress friends at your next wine tasting or choose the best bunch ...

In the wide world of wonderful wine drinking, chardonnay and sauvignon blanc lead the parade by far. None of the grapes reviewed in this article even make the top 20 in the world. That’s the point of ...

So what are niche grapes? For now, at least in how they relate to the Pennsylvania wine industry, they remain a small but interesting growth area. Jancis Robinson, among the best known of the world’s ...

The researchers speak of a particularly thrilling discovery: "One ancient seed was found to belong to the Syriki variety, still used to make high-quality red wine in Greece and Lebanon. Since ...

There are more than 10,000 grape varieties around the world. Not all of these are used to make wine, but many of the most popular are. The International Organisation for Vine and Wine (OIV) last ...

“During my lifetime, the wine industry in Hungary has changed incredibly, from the fall of communism in 1989 to our attempts to make heavy Bordeaux imitations in the early 2000s and the present-day ...

When I first moved to California in the early 1990s, I used to go on treasure hunts for wines such as Clos du Val semillon, Rubissow-Sargent’s pinotage and Kent Rasmussen’s dolcetto. None of these ...