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Its deep, inky color, plush dark-fruit flavors, and velvety tannins make it the quintessential cold-weather red. Originally cultivated in Cahors, France, Malbec found its spiritual home in the high-altitude vineyards of Mendoza, Argentina, where intense sunlight and cool mountain nights
While its ancestors trace back to the Adriatic coast of Croatia, and its genetic twin, Primitivo, still grows throughout southern Italy, Zinfandel as we know it today—bold, jammy, and unmistakably Californian—was shaped almost entirely on American soil. From Gold Rush-era
