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Tag Archives: allowable bordeaux grapes
Ready To Read Another Dull ‘En Primeur’ Column? Good, Because I’m Not Ready To Write One
American wine people love to pronounce French words—especially those that they actually can pronounce. That’s why they’re always talking about lieu-dit, cépage and egrappage when they could be talking about ‘vineyard’, ‘kind of grape’ and ‘yanking the friggin’ stems off’. … Continue reading
