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Sunday, June 16, 2019

Mini Grenache Tasting by Savvy Mom Ruth Paget

Mini Grenache Tasting by Savvy Mom Ruth Paget

The Spanish wine grape Garnacha is called Grenache in France and the United States.  Grenache is widely grown in France for everything from rosé to a wine that tastes good with chocolate.

I first learned about wines made from Grenache grapes when driving past the Maury vineyards high up in the Pyrénées Mountains as my husband Laurent and I drove towards the Cathar fortress-castles of Quéribus and Peyrepertuse in the French Rousillon region (French Catalonia).

This tasting’s objective is to acquaint tasters with the range of wines that use Grenache in their making.

Suggested wines and regions:

-Monterey County California

Chalone Grenache


-Rousillon, France (French Catalonia)

Maury Wine


-Rousillon, France (French Catalonia)

Banyuls wine

(This wine is said to go well with chocolate.)


-Southern Rhône Valley, France

Châteauneuf-du-Pape - Grenaches is one of several grapes that go into this wine.

(The papal glass seal on the bottle is impressive to look at while dining.)

-Côtes-du-Rhône, France

Tavel Rosé

(Tavel is my favorite rosé.  It goes well with spicy food like couscous from Morocco.)

Happy Tasting!


By Ruth Paget, author of Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

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