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The Cornas appellation only permits wine to be made with 100 percent Syrah, and Côte-Rôtie may include up to 20 percent Viognier, which is also white.

For Chapelle Saint-Pierre, a wine made from a vineyard near the chapel of Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens at the highest point in Cornas, a quarter mile up the slope, that identity is “freshness and ...

This terrific wine, from a tiny estate in Cornas planted exclusively with Syrah (and old vines at that), is everything you'd want from a Cornas and as traditional as they come.

This little-known region is producing stellar wines – get in now to impress your friends [email protected] While most of the time Bottle Opener scours the world’s greatest shelves and ...

Wine Spectator senior editor James Molesworth is back in France's Rhône Valley to taste the 2012 vintage of Cote-Rotie, Hermitage, Cornas and more. On his eight day, he tasted at Jérôme Despesse, ...

Cornas is the Delta blues of wines, says Jay McInerney—soulful and earthy, but not for everyone. He samples some of the best, ... In both cases, I liked the wine very much.

Auguste Clape, a pillar of the northern Rhône Valley wine region whose sturdy yet remarkably soulful wines awakened interest in the little-known Cornas appellation, died July 13 in Valence, France.

Sometimes in wine, as in life, there are coincidences. And when things happen in threes, it’s best that you pay attention. Such has been the case for me this winter with the Cornas wines produced by ...