Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cabernet Franc sure got around: It’s a parent of four of the other grapes—Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec, and Carménère—used ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Like star-studded celebrities, certain grapes grab all the attention when it comes to many wines. Cabernet Sauvignon steals the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Cathrine Todd is a New York City-based writer who focuses on wine. The sun gave a warm glow to some of the most precious vines in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Cathrine Todd is a New York City-based writer who focuses on wine. As the sun was rising in the distance, the peaks of the ...

Cabernet franc has long been something of an enigma — once relegated in Bordeaux to a mere blending component, a distant star in the Loire galaxy and treated like a Frankenstein experiment in ...

Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon share similar names and qualities, but distinct characteristics set them apart. Cabernet Franc, a parent variety to Cabernet Sauvignon, as well as Merlot and ...

“When you have a Clos Rougeard that you really like, it’s where the lightbulb comes on,” says Berkeley, California winemaker Chris Brockway of Broc Cellars. Brockway’s wines, among which there is one ...

Cabernet Franc is a very, very important red grape variety often playing second fiddle to its offspring -- Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. In 1997, DNA testing revealed Cabernet Franc had crossed with ...

The first guideline for pairing wine and food — and the easiest — is to find common flavors. For instance, wine made from the grape Pinot Noir often has cherry/berry flavors, making it a match with ...

Finger Lakes wineries experimented in the 1990s with Bordeaux grape varieties such as the cabernets (sauvignon and franc) and merlot. I say experiment, because the results were inconsistent. But ...

North of the United States, in the land of ice and snow, you can find some truly outstanding wines. This is especially true in Canada's Niagara region not far from Niagara Falls. Some people don't ...

SOMETIMES the gallery of Bordeaux varieties resembles a dynamic trio of comic-book heroes: Cabernet Sauvignon is the beefy, muscle-bound brute -- Lord of the Medoc, as well as of Napa Valley and ...