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Part Four:  Malbec Hits the Road

April 4, 2018 rchimsky 11,828d Comments

Perhaps it is only appropriate that the Malbec grape that a Hungarian immigrant spread, legend recounts, throughout France would itself…

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Posted in: Life of Grapes, Wine Grapes Filed under: Argentina wine, bordeaux, Chile wine, grape history, malbec, wine, wine grapes, wine history

Part Three: Malbec in Early France

rchimsky 5,454d Comments

The town of Cahors in southwestern France for many centuries was synonymous with wine made from the Malbec grape, or…

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Posted in: Life of Grapes, Wine Grapes Filed under: bordeaux, French wine, grape history, malbec, wine, wine grapes, wine history

Malbec Part Two: Parentage and Heritage

March 18, 2018 rchimsky 7,214d Comments

In the prior post we talked about the various theories on how Malbec got its name. There was also a…

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Posted in: Life of Grapes, Wine Grapes Filed under: argentine wine, French wine, grape history, grapes, malbec, wine, wine grapes, wine history

Malbec Part One: What’s In A Name

March 15, 2018 rchimsky 11,262d Comments

Conjecture and myth making cloud the history of many wine grapes, but the origins and travels of Malbec may be…

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Posted in: Life of Grapes, Wine Grapes Filed under: argentina, bordeaux, chile, france, grape, grape history, malbec, wine, wine history

Wine and Early America: Penn Pals

March 4, 2018 rchimsky 4,384d Comments

In March of 1681 William Penn made an offer to King Charles II of England.   Penn was an ardent Quaker…

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Posted in: Life of Grapes, Wine Grapes Filed under: american native wine grapes, early American wine, grape history, grapes, Pennsylvania, wine, wine history

Erin Go Wine

February 26, 2018 rchimsky 6,372d Comments

Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day at an Irish Bar fueled by copious amounts of beer is commonplace today. What most people…

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Posted in: Life of Grapes Filed under: grape history, grapes, irish, st. patrick, wine
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