The word Merlot is derived from the word merle, which translates from the original French to describe the common blackbird. The grapes are very dark in color while ripening and maturing ...

White Merlot. Wines from Picoron are now in conversion ... ‘For white Merlot, we harvest early to reduce color and to have freshness and crispness. This year was very challenging, with so ...

October is International Merlot Month and one of the particular ... small bin fermentation and hand punch downs create wines with excellent color and flavor extraction, ensuring an expressive ...

A rosé of Merlot (or just "Merlot rosé") is typically a dry wine made from Merlot grapes, but with limited exposure to the skins, so the color stays pale. Without knowing exactly which wine it is, I ...

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(Merlot disappeared to the point where I didn’t even include it in the chapter of my 2017 book on grape varieties.) It wasn’t because of Sideways, but it was: My only exposure to the wine had ...