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Chenin Blanc from Napa Valley is bright, textured, and subtle; it tastes and smells like orchard fruit and gentle florals and ...

Certain wine regions and particular types of grapes often get unfairly overlooked. That’s why I made a point recently of writing about several, outstanding Pinotage red wines from South Africa. This ...

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Gerald D. Boyd talks about the other white wine: chenin blanc from the Loire Valley in France. Chardonnay, chardonnay, chardonnay; it’s everywhere. Makes you wonder: Is there any other white wine than ...

It’s hard to name a West Coast wine whose demise has been so nearly complete as Chenin Blanc. With its roots in France’s Loire Valley and an important outpost now in South Africa (where it’s called ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the people, business and politics of the wine industry. Today, June 20, is the annual celebration of Drink Chenin ...

Chenin blanc (shen-in-blahnk) is not held in high esteem by California wine drinkers, mostly out of fascination for the current darling of white wines – chardonnay. The other, more logical reason is ...

Wine is either sweet or dry, right? It’s a simple question, yet wine is rarely that simple. Chenin blanc, the grape we have been examining over the last month, typifies some of the complexities that ...

Perhaps chenin blanc is the white grape that I like best. To the extent that you can actually have a favorite grape. There are so many that are good. But chenin blanc is unusually exciting and ...

Cugnette. Steen. Pineau de la Loire. Vouvray. What do these four wine terms have in common? They’re all synonyms for chenin blanc, a stunningly drinkable white wine so worthy of your affection that ...