Palate Press

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In his February column, Blake Gray explained why the gradual extinction of some wine styles is not always a tragedy. Today I take pleasure in upending one of the most common wine story tropes: the "disappearing underappreciated wine" story. These stories play the emotions like a zither: loss, urgency to

I’ll have some Roussillon, hold the Rivesaltes

W. Blake Gray

Features

4 min read

Today I take pleasure in upending one of the most common wine story tropes: the "disappearing underappreciated wine" story. These stories play the emotions like a zither: loss, urgency to act, the opportunity to be one of a special group of people who appreciate exotic beauty. I've written a bunch

2012 Redux: Languedoc Paradox, How a Big French Region is Trying to Show its Identity

Remy Charest

Features

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Palate Press has selected our top ten stories from 2012 and will publish a 2012 Redux article each weekday until January 4, 2013. These stories highlight our featured columnists, widely recognized contributors, and most popular works published through the year. The Palate Press editorial board hopes you enjoy these highlights as we look

Languedoc Paradox: How a Big French Region is Trying to Show its Identity

Remy Charest

Features

10 min read

In the world of marketing and sales, it's always good when you can keep things simple. Of course, this can be quite a challenge for an industry like the wine industry, where realities of place, grapes, vintages, styles, and terroir add up as so many variables to take into account—enough

2009 le Jaja de Jau Sauvignon Blanc

Becky Sue Epstein

Wine Reviews

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It’s still summer (even if the calendar says September) so I opened a bottle of le Jaja de Jau Sauvignon Blanc—a château whose wines I haven’t tried for some years but remember favorably. (My colleague and our publisher David Honig-read more-

The Dreams of the Roussillon

Scott Wadlow

Feature Stories

5 min read

The region of Roussillon falls clearly within the borders of France. It is also regularly amalgamated with its neighboring region, in the denomination of Languedoc-Roussillon. However, the area really has a story that is entirely its own. The windswept, hot,-read more-

Organic and Biodynamic Viticulture: Not the Only Green Game in Town

Ulf Karlholm

Feature Stories

6 min read

It is easy to get the impression that, apart from conventional practices, there are only two options available in viticulture: organic and biodynamic. However, there are other methods being developed. In Australia several wineries have opted to use only some-read more-

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Best of 2014: I’ll have some Roussillon, hold the Rivesaltes

I’ll have some Roussillon, hold the Rivesaltes

2012 Redux: Languedoc Paradox, How a Big French Region is Trying to Show its Identity

Languedoc Paradox: How a Big French Region is Trying to Show its Identity

2009 le Jaja de Jau Sauvignon Blanc

The Dreams of the Roussillon

Organic and Biodynamic Viticulture: Not the Only Green Game in Town