When we normally think of Semillon, we often think of the botrytized wine it produces in regions like Sauternes in France. But this grape is also known to make some pretty stellar conventional dry white wines, especially from regions like Hunter Valley in Australia. Naturally, we had to pick up a bottle of Silkman’s blackberry … Read more
We always have a soft spot to try orange wines as they typically offer a unique flavor profile that is a bit unlike anything else you can find. Throw in the fact that they can often be made of grapes (or blends of grapes) that are a bit more unusual to see and in some … Read more
Our quest here at The Grape Pursuit is to try every commercially available wine variety in the world, and you can imagine that we do whatever we can in order to taste new grapes. This includes ordering them online at places like Wine.com, browsing obscure stores and the “other international” shelves larger wine stores, and … Read more
At the heart of The Grape Pursuit is our quest to try every grape varietal in the world. On the surface, that seems like an easy quest to define- seek out and drink as many wines with new varieties as possible. This means all red wine types and all white wine types that are out … Read more
