by di Sep 30, 2025 0 comments
Carignan has been grown for centuries and it's origin is presumed to be Spanish. It was, at one time, the worlds most heavily planted grape variety although that has long been surpassed - today that title falls to Grenache. Pretty rough on it's own, Carignan needs a blending partner to make it rounded.
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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 Apr 07, 2017 0 comments
Exploring Wines in Provence I have been lucky enough to spend a good part of this winter in Provence where I made it my mission to find out as much as I could about the region, it's food and it's wines.
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.
