By Eric Asimov Originally posted December 29th, 2017
We’re not terribly worried about how to spend this chilly NYC weekend thanks to the recommendations of Eric Asimov’s Wine School – Mana Wine
From amontillado we go to a much more contemporary sort of wine, grenache from California.
Also known as garnacha in Spain, where the grape is thought to have originated, grenache has long been a part of the California equation. It was an essential component in old mixed black heritage vineyards, in which many different black grapes were planted and vinified all together.
Over the last 30 years, I’ve seen a few good examples of California grenache, but it’s really been in the last decade or so that grenache has stepped out in California as an interesting wine with a great potential to evolve.
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