French wineries have to use a lot of pesticide to keep their grapes healthy, and that's both expensive and costly -- a problem when some countries don't have those problems. The country might just ...

A certain faction of wine drinkers like to state (often emphatically) they drink only old-world wine. It is widely accepted that they mean bottles from France, Italy and Spain made with native grapes ...

Fred Cline is an innovator in the California wine industry, and his mourvedre rosé is an excellent representation of what the French have been bottling for generations. When making big, sturdy red ...

A fall in demand for French wines, a more competitive market and lingering pandemic problems have hit winemakers in the regions of Bordeaux and Languedoc so hard that the French government will soon ...

Tuscan blends nearly always highlight sangiovese blended with French grapes – cabernet sauvignon, merlot, syrah, etc. This approach stands out in a country close to tradition and its indigenous ...

Change doesn’t happen in Italy’s tradition-bound wine industry very often. In the second half of the 20th century, a few big movements occurred, such as the use of French grapes in some Tuscan wines, ...

DOD BALLAPUR, India — On a freighter bound for France, a steel container carries a precious cargo of wine with a full-bodied bouquet, fit for laying one or two cultural myths to rest. The 12,000 ...

Savoie is a beautiful region where the grapes grow on slopes on the French Prealps. The wines are not that well known outside of France or even outside of Savoie. The locals, with the help of tourists ...

A certain faction of wine drinkers like to state (often emphatically) they drink only old-world wine. It is widely accepted that they mean bottles from France, Italy and Spain made with native grapes ...