PARIS (Reuters) - A wine plague spread by lice destroyed vines in France in the 19th century but a small area in the Pyrenees, which contains plants up to 200 years old, was spared and is being ...

If you want to start a spirited debate at your next holiday meal, ask your guests which country invented wine. France, Italy, or Greece might come to mind. But most scholars say Georgia - the small ...

The Cline, 2017 Ancient Vines, Contra Costa County Mourvèdre is a striking, full-bodied wine with a full range of flavors. Rhone Reds TOP PICK Cline 2017 Ancient Vines, Contra Costa County Mourvèdre, ...

The country's indigenous old vine grapes allow producers to create wine unlike anywhere else in the world. Despite historical hurdles, they've only just begun. Ani Duzdabanyan is an Armenian-American ...

Old-vine wines – just what does that mean? There are many confusing indicators on wine labels that are all intended to instill consumer confidence that this is one special bottle of wine. Without ...

We often hear the term “old vines” in reference to wine, which almost always applies to limited-edition bottlings from a special vineyard or plot. But what exactly do these words mean, and more ...

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"We're winning back our history," says Antonio Capaldo, 34-year-old owner of a winery making 21st century wines near the slopes of Mount Vesuvius south of Rome from grapes whose heritage goes back to ...

It was a pleasant early-autumn afternoon at Firriato Winery’s Cavanera Estate on the north-east slopes of Mount Etna. Cumulus clouds linger in the bright blue sky as the volcano’s familiar coronet of ...

Imagine walking in a vineyard filled with gnarly old vines, low to the ground and so ugly they’re beautiful. They barely produce any fruit. A ripe berry that hits the tongue explodes with concentrated ...

Long before Cabernet Sauvignon was bottled in Bordeaux or Pinot Noir was the elegant darling of Burgundy, Portuguese vines were weaving their way through the fertile plains of the Tagus and Sado ...