Anti-white Bias?
When it comes to wine, do we have an anti-white bias? Check this out! I have been drinking a lot of great white wine lately, but couldn't think of a single winery in California that wanted to be known, above all, for their white wines.
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Conegeliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore
Merlot and cabernet sauvignon share the same father—cabernet franc. But who was merlot's mother?
A. Malbec
B. Manseng Noir
C. Carménère
D. Magdeleine Noire des Charentes
In the early 1990s, grape geneticists determined that merlot was the offspring of cabernet franc. But merlot's other parent remained a mystery for ten years, until the French scientist Jean-Michel Boursiquot found merlot's unnamed mother in an abandoned vineyard in Brittany, France. A few years later, more moms were found in the Charentes region of southwestern France. Bourisquot named the vines Magdeleine Noire des Charentes.
The Original Drinking Game
Depictions of Greek drunkenness and orgies mostly miss the mark. The ancient Greeks actually took wine drinking very seriously and denounced intoxication for its harmful effects. Still, they did know how to have a good time and… Continue reading