Many of the Northwest’s most storied producers used merlot to help establish their reputation both regionally and internationally. And in many cases, the wines produced featuring this red Bordeaux ...

As American wine drinkers pay renewed attention to underrated, classic grapes and curiously explore offbeat, indigenous varieties, there are certainly some fashionable grape varieties on the scene.

Or rather, blame Miles Raymond, the wine-obsessed character in the outstanding 2004 movie. Throughout the film, Raymond (played brilliantly by Paul Giamatti) regularly makes disparaging remarks about ...