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Article: A GREAT WINE YOU MAY BE MISSING
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- Roanoke Times & World News
- Article date:
- December 31, 2008
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When I sold wine on a retail basis I earned some renown by
coaxing customers who asked for a wine such as merlot into buying
something else and actually enjoying it. One frequent recommendation
was Chateauneuf-du-Pape, a magnificent French wine with an
intriguing history.
Chateauneuf is available in red and white, but rose is not
permitted. The majority of wine produced in this southern Rhone
appellation has a crimson hue, so I will save the spectacular white
for a future column.
The history of this wine dates to 1308, when Pope Clement V moved
his papacy to the southern French village of Avignon. Clement's
successor, John XXII, constructed a castle there, giving the region
and the wine its ...