A blog devoted to exploring wines made from unusual grape varieties and/or grown in unfamiliar regions all over the world.
South of Boston, MA
Joined March 2011
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Today we take a look at a Greek grape called Avgoustiatis, which has some similarities to Mourvedre: goo.gl/83sfn
Today's grape is Marquette, a cold hardy hybrid from the University of Minnesota, and a Minn. wine made from it: goo.gl/3X53z
Rob Tebeau retweeted
11 of the rarest grape varieties in the world - all in one place, presented by Dr Jose Vouillamoz fb.me/26kSh6OOO
Today I take a look at six wines from @Czech_wine, all white and all really nice: goo.gl/akVQX
The fine people at @MidwestWine published a piece I wrote on the Marquette grape: midwestwinepress.com/2013/05…
Today we take a look at the Welschriesling grape and wines from Austria, Hungary and the Czech Republic: goo.gl/KE7F2 @Czech_wine
After an unexpected hiatus, Fringe Wine is back with a look at a Slovenian wine made from the Pinela grape: goo.gl/ZKW5C
Today we take a look at Cayuga White, an American hybrid that is surprisingly a grandchild of Zinfandel: goo.gl/sK2By
New feature up called Know Your Lambrusco. We start with Salamino, the most common of the Lambrusco varieties: goo.gl/Tk5e3
Today we take a look at a wine from the foothills of Mt. Olympus made from Xinomavro, Krassato and Stavroto grapes: goo.gl/3Cl7A
Brief post up today taking a look at the Carricante grape from Sicily, which I always mix up with Catarratto: goo.gl/sA6jF
Today we take a look at a wine made from the Rebo grape from Italy, but in an Amarone style: goo.gl/qE464
New feature up today called Know Your Malvasia. We start with the Malmsey of Madeira: goo.gl/tYdJG
Today we take a look at the very rare Vergennes grape and possibly the only wine in the world made from it: goo.gl/eaMZE
Today we take a look at the Terrano grape from the Carso region of Friuli, Italy: goo.gl/46BKQ
Rob Tebeau retweeted
Number one crazy #wine pick of the week! @FringeWine Taste it tomorrow from 4-7pm.
Today we take a look at the Biancu Gentile grape, which is grown on only 6 hectares of land in Corsica: goo.gl/2DhnW