The story of Carignane is the story of a down-and-outer, a Jake LaMotta. It is that most unloved of grapes - planted nearly everywhere, almost regrettably so, and respected almost nowhere. This is ...

Last week we looked at the flourishing world of Rhone-inspired blends on the West Coast. This week is a handy addendum - for Carignane. While technically a Rhone-native grape, Carignane has an ...

Cava now has some of the infrastructure it needs to get it to 750 locations. In February, it opened a new food-prep facility in Virginia. And according to co-founder and CEO Brett Schulman, it's ...

As a varietal wine, especially if produced from older grapevines, carignane could exhibit charm and often made a delightful everyday sipping wine to go with hamburgers, hot dogs and ribs.

Germans and Hungarians were among Sonoma’s earliest winemakers, but it was Italians who put Sonoma on the world wine map. They planted grapes like Barbera, Carignane, Zinfandel and, later, Pinot ...

This Rhone-style blend of grenache, mourvedre, carignane and syrah drips flavors of watermelon and sage with a round, soft texture that caresses the palate. Enjoy this beauty by itself and with ...

Our wine of the week, Graziano Family of Wines, 2017 Carignane, Mendocino County ($22), is big, bold and lusty, with concentrated fruit that suggests black plums and rich top soil.

I ran into a wine-geek buddy of mine at the downtown wine store last week and said, "Show me something good and cheap!" He handed me a bottle of Trinafour Cellars 2009 Carignane, Niemi Vineyard --- ...