Cooking meat on a grill with a glass of wine - Alex Photo Stock/Shutterstock If you've ever been to Argentina, you know that an asado isn't just a meal, it's an event. Like yerba mate is a national ...

There’s something comforting about something familiar around the holidays. Maybe that’s why so many of us (myself included) watch movies like “A Christmas Story” (best Christmas movie, period) or ...

These are the top malbecs to try right now. The malbec grape originated in Cahors, a town in southwest France, during the time of the Roman Empire. In the nineteenth century, the first malbec vines ...

Malbec might be the best-known wine from Argentina. Nearly 40% of all red wines from this soccer-obsessed country in South America are made with malbec grapes, according to Wines of Argentina. And ...

This story is from an installment of The Oeno Files, our weekly insider newsletter to the world of fine wine. Sign up here. Hobbs and Rolland agree that while both regions offer a continental climate, ...

Forsaken by Bordeaux and adopted by Argentina, malbec has emerged as a well-established wine variety. Sometimes referred to as one of Bordeaux’s “orphan” grapes, malbec is now rarely found in the ...

We know malbec as the main red grape of Argentina. Traditionally, though, it was part of Bordeaux’s blend, but it fell out of favor there, especially after a deadly frost in February 1956 killed many ...

All Malbecs are not created equal, and not all Malbecs are produced in Argentina. Research suggests that the Malbec grape originated in southwestern France and was cultivated in the region for ...

The April 17 press release headline trumpeted, “Revolutionizing Malbec: Bodega Trivento Introduces World’s First White Malbec.” Juan Pablo Valot of Valcan Cellars in Corvallis was not amused. “First?