Wine 101

Before the grapevine spreads west we stop for a moment to visit an excavation site south of Tbilisi in the Republic of Georgia

As we move into our history as writers, stories emerge to tell the tale of humanity—wine comes along for the ride.

As we evolve out of the Stone Age so does our agriculture. Wine becomes a key player in the beginnings of human cultivation.

Like the unfolding of a complex plot the Rhone thrusts France's industry into Modernity. We wrap up the Rhone series with the region's ultimate contribution to wine.

After the fall of Rome history began to blur until the late Middle Ages in the Rhone but there are two significant moments we can find During the late Middle Ages in the Rhone Valley, history became unclear after the fall of Rome. However, there are two significant moments that we can identify that have an impact on the wine of the region today.

We begin our Rhone series with a look back at wine in the region's antiquity.

A quick episode on the story of Beaujolais. It's just south of Burgundy but it came up a very different way.

As we close our Burgundy series, we see the wine region experience a rollercoaster ride from flourish to hardship and ending with silver linings resulting in the Burgundy we know today.