Right Bank

The term refers to all of the appellations of Bordeaux that are on the right side of the Gironde River as it flows out to the Atlantic Ocean. The main grape varieties used for Right Bank wines are merlot and cabernet franc. The well-known communes of Pomerol and St.-Emilion reside on the Right Bank.

Like riesling, gewürztraminer and all other Alsace wines, Alsace pinot noir must, by law, be bottled in tall Germanic-looking flute bottles.

Answer: False.

Alsace pinot noir can be bottled in a tall flute, and some Alsace producers choose to bottle their pinot this way. But they aren’t required to. Indeed, many Alsace pinot noirs are now bottled in Burgundy-shaped bottles. Pinot noir is the only red wine made in Alsace.

1961

Birth of the modern Oregon wine industry. In that year, Richard Sommer, a graduate of the University of California at Davis, planted riesling at Hillcrest Vineyard in the Umpqua Valley. Five years later, nursery owners… Continue reading

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