Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Writers on wine often assign personalities to wine grapes and to the wines made from them. Cabernet sauvignon, for example, I think of as Rex Harrison: ...

GRENACHE, or garnacha, as it is known in much of the world, was one of the first vinifera grapes planted in Washington, about a half century ago. In those days it was blended, or made into rosé, but ...

While lesser known in the US, the grenache grape plays a lead role in many red wines around the world, A decade ago I was being interviewed on a food-and-wine program on a San Francisco radio station.

Having just tasted a dozen wines made from the fashionable Grenache grape in McLaren Vale, South Australia, I looked up what my friend James Halliday had to say about the grape in his 1990 Australian ...

It’s been a rough summer if you don’t like hot weather, and even the dedicated winelover has probably drunk more beer than vino. That being said, the fall’s coolness is upon us, and the wine drinker ...

Certain wine grapes get all the attention. Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon – they’re the Justin Bieber and Leonardo Dicaprios of the wine world. But if you dig a little deeper, there are ...

Grenache noir grapes at Tablas Creek Vineyard, which practices dry-farming through its 105 acres of vines, in Paso Robles, Calif., in 2015. A terrific example of this style of wine — and a great value ...

Grenache is a wonderful grape, a favorite of mine actually. But it is something of an unsung hero. You don’t often see the name on the front label as few producers use it on its own. But some do and ...

What a funny existential life Grenache has, and not in that Camus way. Certainly, it's not a stranger - despite recent declines, it's still the world's fifth most planted red wine grape, with nearly ...

Aquarians are the dreamers of the zodiac who have the biggest ideas and attract people with their infectious charisma. They are the ones who bring the party, which is why the Grenache grape suits this ...