(We’ll save a discussion of white Bordeaux blends for another day). Even novice wine drinkers are likely familiar with these varietals as they are among the most well-known—and most widely ...
In the Middle Ages, the royal marriage of Henry Plantagenet and Eleanor of Aquitaine brought the wine of the Bordeaux region from the French coast to Britain and the world. How many Americans get ...
Just as they should, terroir and climate produce a distinct wine style. Lake’s Folly no longer has any connection with the Lake family, having been acquired some years ago by Perth businessman Peter ...
Young and full-bodied whites: white wines like oaked Chardonnay or aged white Bordeaux can be decanted to soften tannins and enhance flavours. Allow them to breathe for 15 to 30 minutes before ...
Any good-quality white wine can be used for cooking. Don’t discount off-dry styles, which add a lovely complexity to savoury dishes. Use white wine to marinate pale meats such as pork or poultry ...
Cabernet Sauvignon is the grape behind some of the world's greatest wines from rich Napa Valley reds to structured Bordeaux bottlings. Brian Freedman is a wine, spirits, travel, and food writer ...
Cabernet Sauvignon, native to Bordeaux, has thick blue skins, giving the resulting wines plentiful tannins and phenolics and making them particularly ageworthy. Over the past 50 years, Cabernet ...