In the quest to discover wine, many of us peruse our favorite package stores and restaurant wine lists for new things to try. Every now and then something pops up that makes us wonder, "What on earth ...

Viognier is a white wine produced from the grape variety of the same name. In the Northern Rhône, the grape won't typically appear on the label –– instead, the name of one of two appellations will be ...

“V” is for viognier, a “noble” white grape of France’s Rhone Valley that depends on warm, sunny climates to bring out its best features. Condreiu, located on the right bank of the Rhone River, is ...

Clothiers say it’s no longer a fashion faux pas to wear white after Labor Day. There’s nothing wrong with drinking white wine in the winter either. One of my favorite cold-weather whites is viognier.

Viognier could have been a star. This is the varietal wine style that many years ago, particularly in the 1990s, had an inkling of a possibility of unseating chardonnay as America’s sweetheart, go-to ...

Viognier would seem to be destined to have a difficult time. It’s hard to pronounce, is made in small quantities, is best known in a fairly obscure region, is difficult to grow and is not easy to pair ...

Viognier (vee-oh-nyay) is grown on the rugged slopes in the Condrieu (cohn-dree-uh) region in the northern Rhone, where it arrived via the Greeks from Marseilles around 600 B.C. The wine has become ...

If I mentioned Condrieu or Château Grillet, would you know the grape variety involved? Regular readers of the column will, no doubt, but my suspicion is that many of you will be shrugging your ...

Viognier could have been a star. This is the varietal wine style that many years ago, particularly in the 1990s, had an inkling of a possibility of unseating chardonnay as America’s sweetheart, go-to ...