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Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Sauvignon contends for the title of the greatest red wine grape of the world, the benchmark vine of Bordeaux and California. Adaptable to various growing conditions, its sublime blackcurrant, cedar and herbal qualities >>Learn more
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Chardonnay
The Chardonnay vine was once thought to have originated in Syria, arriving in Europe with returning soldiers during the Crusades. Until a few years ago, evidence pointed toward a very ancient ancestry...
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Chianti
The first definition of a wine-area called Chianti was made in 1716. It described the area nearby the villages of Gaiole in Chianti, Castellina in Chianti and Radda in Chianti; the so-called Lega del Chianti... >>Learn more
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Malbec
Native to southwest France and specifically to Bordeaux, Malbec has traditionally been considered a grape to be blended in minor proportion with Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Petit Verdot. Elsewhere in France, only in Cahors... >>Learn more
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Merlot
Merlot is a relatively recent grape assumed to be native to Bordeaux. It can only be conclusively traced as far back as 1784, to the right bank of the Gironde, and by the mid-1800s had made its way across the river to the right bank. It now accounts for over half... >>Learn more
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Pinot Grigio
Though indigenous to northern France, Pinot Grigio is today most readily associated with Italy, though it was well established elsewhere before reaching the Alto-Adige and Friuli-Venezia-Giulia regions....
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Pinot Noir
A wild vine present in Burgundy when the Romans invaded Gaul, Pinot Noir was among the first vines to be domesticated. The name “pinot," suggestive of its pine-cone shaped clusters, was in use as early as the fourth century... >>Learn more
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Riesling
Riesling is assumed to have descended from a wild vine of the Rhine Valley, and may have been described by Pliny as early as the first century. It was likely domesticated during the Middle Ages and its first written appearance was as “riesslingen” in 1435. >>Learn more
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Sauvignon Blanc
One of the precursor grapes from which Cabernet Sauvignon was spontaneously crossed in the late 17th century, Sauvignon Blanc may be the result of a white mutation of Cabernet Franc...
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Syrah
Legends have long persisted regarding the origins of the Syrah vine: one, that it was brought to southern France from the Iranian city of Shiraz by the Greeks; or that the Romans brought it from Egypt...
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Zinfandel
Since it was first planted there in the 1850s, California has laid claim to Zinfandel as its own. Because Zinfandel belongs to the vitis vinifera family of Europen vines, it cannot have originated there...>>Learn more
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Specialty
Fruit wines, champagnes, and other specialty offerings from Cheers 4 Charity.
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