In the 2004 movie "Sideways," Paul Giamatti's character Miles made a disparaging remark about merlot, despite his supposed wine intelligence. If he was genuine about his love of wine and not just his ...

Axel Heinz, former winemaker of Masseto and Ornellaia, is now leading the 2nd Growth estate Château Lascombes in Margaux, and surprisingly, has discovered a plot of Merlot with blue clay in the soil.

If you discount the premise of the movie Sideways, wines made from Merlot are wildly popular. Many people like drinking them because they have softer tannins than other Cabernet Sauvignon. Although ...

Paul and Nichole Killingsworth built their Missouri City store around two of the couple's passions: music and wine. Along with bottles of merlot, customers at Vino & Vinyl could pick up classic albums ...

“Usually, if you appreciate wine, you appreciate art,” explains Schwartz, “because wine is art. Part of what we set out to do with Amuse Bouche from the beginning was to put the two elements together.