Tag: cru

• Lirac AOC Produces Your New Favorite Wines

  

  Is it possible to be a wine producing region for over two-thousand years and yet remain largely unknown? Seemingly unlikely, yet the Lirac AOC in southern Rhône remains a best kept secret. Please allow myself and the French Winophiles to introduce you to your new favorite wine region – Lirac.

  Michelle Williams

  October 19, 2018

  #Winophiles, Food, Food and Wine Pairing, French Wine, French Winophiles, Rhône Valley Wines, Wine, wine review, Winetasting

  #Winophiles, 2015 Chateau D’ Aquéria Lirac Rouge Rhône Valley France, 2016 Alain Jaume Domaine du Clos de Sixte Lirac Rhône Valley France, 2016 Ogier ‘Lou Camine’ Lirac Rouge Rhône Valley France, 2017 Domaine Maby Lirac Cuvee Prestige Casta Diva Rhône Valley France, cru, food and wine pairings, French Wine, French Winophiles, Lirac AOC, Rhône Valley Wines, Rhone Valley, wine, wine and food pairings, wine review, wine tasting

• Can Italian #Wine Be Cru?

  

  What does “cru” mean to you? The Oxford Dictionary recognizes cru as “a vineyard or group of vineyards, especially one of recognized quality.” It is a French wine term traditionally recognized as the past participle of the verb “croitre” (to grow), meaning growth. Cru is tied to the French sense of terroir as a place…

  Michelle Williams

  December 30, 2015

  Frescobaldi, Italian wine, Italy, Wine, Winetasting

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