by di Mar 21, 2025 0 comments
Shiraz or Syrah One and the same, Shiraz and Syrah continue to be a crowd pleaser all over the world. Shiraz has been made for centuries in Europe and at very much at home in the Rhône Valley where it is the major grape variety in wines such as Côte Rotie and Crozes Hermitage.
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by di Nov 03, 2017 0 comments
Côtes du Rhône Villages - Plan de Dieu AOC Taking up one of the 20 named Côtes du Rhône Villages spots, Plan-de-Dieu is located in the southern Rhône Valley and just to the north of the region of Vaucluse (Provence).
by di Oct 30, 2017 0 comments
If, like me, you are totally flummoxed by the many different bottles, all with Côtes du Rhône on the label then you are not alone. Look on the shelf at the store for a bottle of CDR (Côtes du Rhône) and there are rows and rows, all seemingly the same.
by di Jan 26, 2017 0 comments
Like many wine lovers the Rhône valley, and it's wines, intrigues me and has done ever since I became interested in the subject. One of my earliest wine memories involved a bottle (or two) of Côtes du Rhône, a rather large chunk of Stilton cheese and a wonderful raucous evening spent with great friends.
by di Aug 27, 2014 0 comments
Last night at dinner I was asked to recommend a wine to go with a dish containing warm Chorizo.
