Have you heard the story of “Le Cigare Volante?” Well, it’s a good one in American wine lore. In 1984, Randall Graham of Bonny Doon Vineyards produced his first vintage of this French named wine. His inspiration came from Châteauneuf-du-Pape in the Southern Rhône Valley. Randall discovered that grapes grown in the warm, Mediterranean climate […]
Roussane
Falvo’s in Flight
I first met these luscious Texas whites at Texsom courtesy of Matt McGinnis and Mike McHenry, owner of Wedding Oak wine. I fell in love pronto. I’m a sucker for a Rhône white and you couldn’t make me happier than to give me a gorgeous full bodied Roussane and tell me that it’s from Texas. […]