Practically Fool-Proof Choose white or sparkling wine for fool-proof wine and cheese pairing. White wines will never overpower a cheese, and sparkling wines—white, red, and rosé—have high acidity and a cleansing mouthfeel due to their effervescence. 

Flee to Chablis Benedictine monks sought refuge from Vikings in the Chablis area, where they settled and later began cultivating grape vines to produces vast amounts of wine.

Wine and Witchcraft Wine has been associated with witchcraft throughout history. The ancient Greeks believed that pouring wine on the ground could appease wandering spirits. 

How Do You Lose a Whole Wine Region? Puy de Dôme in the Auvergne region is known as France’s “lost wine region.” It’s only 100 miles from Burgundy and has a winegrowing history that began in the 6th…