Malbec is the most important red grape variety of Argentina, but it also produces excellent wine in many other countries around the world. Brian Freedman is a wine, spirits, travel, and food ...

Cahors Malbec Wine Today. In 1971 Cahors achieved its Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) designation. The new AOC, combined with understandable envy of the success of Malbec in Argentina, ...

It might seem like it's been synonymous with Argentine wine forever, but Malbec gained its current popularity only recently. Lettie Teague tracks the surge of a former castoff grape.

MATiAS MAYOL slowly pours a bottle of his family's Malbec wine into a 3-foot-deep hole in the backyard of his cousin's Mendoza, Argentina, home and silently prays: Pachamama, you have blessed ...

Wines made from Malbec are robust, inky purple, and quite tannic. In France, it’s often blended with Merlot and the blend makes a lot of sense: One’s rough, one’s velvety; ...

Malbec has a very interesting history, beginning as a blending grape for French Bordeaux wine. But in the past decade, it has become a major player in the wine world as a popular stand-alone varietal.

Malbec, Argentina’s “signature grape,” has become one of the most popular wines in the U.S. over the past 15 years, helping Argentina become the fifth-largest wine producer in the world.

Tastings Columnists Dorothy Gaiter and John Brecher review Argentinian Malbecs - a low cost, full flavored wine. We wouldn't usually revisit a type of wine just 18 months after a broad blind tasting.

Once a novelty, malbec from Argentina, the country’s signature red variety, is now widely available in the U.S. But did you know that the grape was brought to Argentina from France, where it ...