Editor’s Note: This biweekly column is sponsored by Dominion Wine and Beer (107 Rowell Court, Falls Church). This column is written by Dominion owner Arash Tafakor. In part one of our red wine blend ...
Given the recent media attention on red blends, one would think that the idea of combining grape varieties into a single wine is a novel concept. Hardly. It’s rare to find a Bordeaux made from one ...
A unified whole being more than the sum of its parts is an idea dating to the days of ancient Greek philosophers. Ideally each part brings qualities that complement and enhance the qualities of the ...
Red wine blends are having a red hot moment. After years of being passed over for single-variety wines such as cabernet sauvignon and pinot noir, a new wave of blended red wines made in a ...
They seem to be everywhere these days: red wines whose labels bear a fanciful name (think The Spur or Wildebeest) instead of the name of a grape variety. Red blends are a hot category in wine these ...
In Elite Daily's series Chef's Kiss, we taste the latest food and drink trends to help you figure out which ones you definitely don’t want to sleep on. In this piece, we taste Barefoot x Oreo Thins ...
Red blends are a big trend in domestic wines that neophyte drinkers are embracing. WSJ's Lettie Teague discusses what to look for. Photo:iStock/gmast3r Nielsen’s January 2015 report says the domestic ...
Trader Joe's in-house Charles Shaw wine doesn't sell for $1.99 anymore, but its "Two-Buck Chuck" nickname showcases its frugal reputation. Safe to say, it'd be unwise to go into a Charles Shaw wine ...
It’s the dead of winter, so lucky for us that red wine blends — perfect paired with cold-weather comfort food — are so blazingly popular right now. Wine shops are devoting entire sections to these ...
For better or worse, and in some cases both, American wine drinkers are in thrall with the Blend. The wines, composed of three, four, five or more unidentified and often disparate red varieties, ...
Here are five wines that cut through the usual marketing noise to present us only the essential information. No chateaus or domaines, no drawings of villas or palaces to evoke a bygone life of ...