Difficult to pronounce and still relatively obscure, mourvèdre is a red wine grape you will want to become acquainted with because it is a variety on the rise in Washington. Though not as famous as ...

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 ...

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 ...

Thanks to the global wine boom, a few grape varieties that previously languished in obscurity have suddenly become quite fashionable. Take, for instance, Mourvèdre. This thick-skinned, slow-ripening ...

A couple of months ago on Facebook, a fellow wine writer known as Sierra Wine Guy posted, “Why does Mourvèdre get treated like a third wheel? Nobody puts Mourvèdre in the corner.” What ensued was a ...

If America's Rhone-ists have their artistic phases, perhaps Mourvedre is their blue period. Syrah and Grenache have had star turns. Now Mourvedre is getting attention - of a more subtle sort. To be ...