Rhône if you want to!

Though France has more famous wine regions, there is something just classically “French” about Rhône wines.

Running 503 mi long, the Rhône River starts in the Swiss Alps and enters east central France to snake west over to Lyon, where it turns south, dropping through Avignon, before emptying out into the Mediterranean Sea.

We divide the region into two parts — the Northern Rhône and the Southern Rhône. Where in the Northern Rhône you can find appellations like Condrieu, Saint-Joseph, Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage, and Cornas; the Southern Rhône gives us Côtes du Rhône, Côtes du Rhône Villages, and, of course, Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Major red grapes are Syrah, Grenache, and Mourvèdre, while major white grapes are Roussanne and Viognier.

Please join us this Friday when guest pourer Kris Nelson from distributor and importer Williams Corner Wine samples us on some Rhône wines. Stop by this free, walk-up tasting anytime between 5:00 and 6:30 PM.