Malbec has made quite a name for itself since it left southwest France and relocated to Argentina in the mid-19th century. While it is still grown in France, especially in Cahors, most of the ...

These are the top malbecs to try right now. The malbec grape originated in Cahors, a town in southwest France, during the time of the Roman Empire. In the nineteenth century, the first malbec vines ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Spirits, non-alcoholic drinks and wine. As the sun was rising in the distance, the peaks of the mountains looked like gigantic, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the world’s best hotels, restaurants and wine. Only in this century has the European grape Malbec shown itself to be ...

Fifth in an occasional series on wines that reflect the unique connection between a particular grape and the region where it grows best. Wine is famously -- or perhaps infamously -- complicated.

Sven Vogtland is the sommelier for the Ritz-Carlton Fort Lauderdale, and a 13 year veteran of the craft who has served bottles in the sunny Virgin Islands and in far-away Vietnam. In this column, ...

Every year on April 17 we celebrate the time, in the mid-1800s, when a French soil expert introduced the malbec grape to Argentina. This day is called “dia mundial del malbec” or “malbec throughout ...

Not all wine is created equal. Wine grape varieties have different characteristics (and different price tags). Malbec is a mouth-filling red with some specific characteristics making it the right ...

Are we sick of malbec yet? This juicy red wine from Argentina has swept the United States. Hasn’t it become cliched, jumped the shark, worn out its welcome, gotten just so ... 2011? No. Every time I ...

Mendoza is a giant in many ways. In the most obvious way, it is the largest and most important wine region in one of the largest countries on earth — a prodigious, wine-producing nation that ...