One region that should be on your bucket list is France’s Loire Valley. It is here in verdant central France where history and wine intersect as well as anywhere in Europe. The 300-plus castles dating ...

Wine Press by Ken Ross appears on Masslive.com every Monday and in The Republican’s Weekend section every Thursday.

Dropping jalapeno pepper slices into wine is a viral TikTok phenomenon. Not just any wine. The target is a Sauvignon Blanc, a ...

Chenin has been planted in the Loire Valley since at least the early 1400s. It is the primary white grape in the middle Loire appellations of Vouvray, Anjou, Montlouis-sur-Loire and Savennières ...

There’s no shortage of white wine grapes that do well in the United States, but you can find some domestic Chenin Blanc. I put my hand on a Chenin Blanc from three continents: from the Loire in ...

Chenin Blanc originated in France's Loire Valley, likely in the Anjou subregion, which today makes the world's most acclaimed Chenins. The grape's frontiers have expanded, to South Africa, where it’s ...

Chenin Blanc originated in France's Loire Valley, likely in the Anjou subregion, which today makes the world's most acclaimed Chenins. The grape's frontiers have expanded, to South Africa, where it’s ...

It is, after all, the red grape of Beaujolais. It also makes terrific wines from the Loire, the Ardèche and ... a wordy name for a pretty white wine from the Alpine foothills of the Valle ...