Claret

The British often call red Bordeaux claret. The word comes from the French clairet, which… Continue reading

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“As surprising as it may seem, wines are like fabrics with multiple and diverse physical aspects that may be pleasant or horrifying. There are smooth wines and rough wines, supple wines and stiff wines, harsh wines and velvety wines. As with fabrics, these impressions stem from their physical constitution.”

—Pierre Poupon,
French wine writer, in his book Plaisirs de la Dégustation