Sweet Wines Archives – Terroir Review

Hail Fellows, Well Met

An autumnal dinner with new friends and old wines

This extraordinary vintage vin doux naturel is a 50/50 blend of Grenache blanc and gris. After vinification and mutage (the addition of grape spirit…

Eleanor Léger talks about natural cider making, cider terroir, and the state of the craft

Sweet, uncomplicated, and refreshing

Riesling: sweet but not too-too

Blazing with honeyed fruits and spice

“For nutty chocolate desserts…”

“Smooth, ripe, and friendly…”

“Concentrated, tingly, bitter, and sweet…”

“Plummy, jammy, and ripe, with a shock of electricity that sets it alight…”

Wine is local, a lens of culture: this place, this vineyard, this grape, this grower, this heritage.

Découvertes en Vallée du Rhône showcased thousands of wines from the Rhône Valley. I wanted to taste them all.