Taylor Swift may have sent Sancerre sales soaring, but France’s white wine shift was already underway. Winemakers in Beaujolais, Bordeaux, the Rhône and Provence are responding to changing tastes with fresh takes on white wine.
Founded by Tyler and Kelly Mullman, Cana Ranch Wines pairs Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon with a mission to create meaningful employment opportunities for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
After years of feeling disconnected from wine, Carrie Dykes found her curiosity rekindled by an unlikely bottle: Patience, a lees-aged expression of Picpoul de Pinet that proves even “simple” wines can still surprise us.
In Crozes-Hermitage, vineyards share the landscape with fruit trees, beehives, livestock, forests, and fields of lavender. This rich polyculture isn’t a recent sustainability initiative—it’s an agricultural tradition that shapes the appellation’s identity, its community, and, producers believe, its wines.