It’s hard to pronounce, and it can make wines that smell gamy. But Mourvèdre just might be the best grape grown in Paso Robles, one of California’s hottest wine regions. Mourvèdre (more-VEH-dra) has ...

Despite the fact that it can produce excellent wines on its own, Mourvedre is one of those grape varieties that is best known as a blending partner. It plays a key role in the great red blends of the ...

It’s time to speak of Mourvèdre, the red grape variety that may well qualify as California’s most underused, despite ample evidence it is marvelously simpatico with California terroir. Mourvèdre ...

Mourvedre is a red or rosé wine produced from the grape of the same name. Interestingly, however, most examples on the market aren't labeled as such. Though single-variety Mourvedre exists, the most ...

It’s the early 1970s, and across the U.S., a culinary revolution is taking place thanks to figures like Julia Child, Richard Olney, and M.F.K. Fisher, whose cookbooks and essay writing delivered ...

I’M ALWAYS on the lookout for the next big thing in the wine world. It might be something that magically captures the fancy of consumers — such as Prosecco and Moscato d’Asti have this summer — or a ...

Mourvèdre is the workhorse of the vineyard. It is added to Rhône blends to bring an earthy note or to create a backbone of tannin. When Mourvèdre is used in rosés for its minerality and lack of full ...

Grenache-shiraz-mourvedre blends provide some of the best value for money in Aussie red wine drinking. They are loosely based on the Cotes-du-Rhone reds of south-eastern France, the southern or ...

The triumvirate of Rhone reds — syrah, grenache and mourvedre — often coexist in blends. That’s certainly been the case in Paso Robles. But the latter two are increasingly stepping out on their own.