Tuesday, April 22, 2008

A new spin on grenache

Grenache is a very underrated variety in Australia. It was written off as a substandard variety in the 1980s, but some old vineyards were spared the widespread vine pulls of that time. It makes great varietal wine as well as putting the G power into GSM Blends. I reckon the best rose wines are also made from grenache

Jane Faulkner has written the variety up in a recent edition of The Age, based around some tastings of Spinifex wines.

SEE:
A new spin on grenache Article by Jane Faulkner

Grenache is not always regarded as an alternative variety. But it makes great wine and that's why I have a
grenache page on vinodiversity

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