Vegetable &
Garden After Rain

Methoxypyrazines give Cabernet Franc, Sauvignon Blanc and Carménère their herbal-bell-pepper signature.

Loire Valley, Northern Italy and high-altitude vineyards preserve the vegetal freshness that warmer sites cook off.

Including grape stems in fermentation contributes mint, thyme, and the slight bitterness of green tea.

Pair vegetal wines with dishes built on the same herb — pesto with Vermentino, basil with Verdicchio.

Serve vegetal reds slightly chilled — 14°C — to keep the green lifted and the fruit honest.

Carménère was rediscovered in Chile after being thought extinct · Vinho Verde is sometimes very lightly sparkling · Sangiovese means 'blood of Jove'.