Cabernet Franc is used to playing second fiddle to Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. But more and more, the spotlight is on Cabernet Franc. With its elegance and drinkability, the grape is getting more ...

Bourgueil (Woodland Wine Merchant, $25) — that the prospect of sitting alone with four more bottles of cabernet franc did not really appeal to me. Nothing against the wine — it was everything I wanted ...

Can I be frank about franc? Most of the time, I find that cabernet franc, one of the world's most important grapes, is a bitter letdown. Usually it comes on strong with a green, stemmy quality that ...

I have long maintained that the single most underrated region in the wine world is the Loire Valley, in central France. There are scores of unique wineries, growers, and grape varietals to be found ...

Everyone’s heard of the world-famous Cabernet Sauvignon but what about its less well-known relative, Cabernet Franc? You can find it in blends, as well as going solo, and for those in the know it is a ...

In their hearts, all Frenchmen truly believe the old axiom that insists that "a wine's first duty is to be red," and yet there are parts of France where red wine definitely plays second fiddle: ...

It was a Loire Cabernet that started it all. Years ago in Paris, sitting in a wine bar, I was served a glass of a lightly chilled red for the first time. It was an inexpensive, lightly fruity, fairly ...

Cabernet Franc is often thought of as the poor relation of the Cabernet family—its progeny, Cabernet Sauvignon, has until now stolen the limelight. But things may be about to change. Many New World ...