World Malbec Day: April 17/ 26 A 2,000-year-old black grape with thick skin, the colour of a Malbec wine is so dark and inky, it’s almost opaque and has been coined with the nickname “Black Wine.” Today, over 75% of all Malbec grapes are grown in Argentina and April 17th is celebrated as World Malbec […]
Cabernet Franc day December 4, 2025, which is one of the wine world’s most important, yet often understated, red grape varieties.Today, Cabernet Franc is one of the most widely planted grape varieties in the world It all began in southwest France sometime in the 17th century with Cardinal Richelieu’s love for a particular blue-black grape. […]
Zinfandel is synonymous with California however it was discovered that it is related to the Italian Primitivo and actually comes from Croatia. Zinfandel produces full-bodied, robust red wines with some of the highest Alcohol content. Lodi, in Central California, is known to have some of the country’s oldest Zinfandel vines, some of which are more […]
