white wine

Harvest Club Wines: For many of us, this Thanksgiving may be the first with family and friends in over 2 years or more. From all of us here at Mission Wines, we wish you a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday with family, friends, good food, and great wine! Featured Wines: Maloof Wines | 2021 "Rouge de Gris" | 100% Pinot Gris |...

Featured Explorer Club Wines: 2020 Domaine Duffour | Cotes du Gascogne Blanc | Southwest, France Move over Sauvignon Blanc! Welcome this Cotes de Gascogne Blanc from the hinterlands beyond Bordeaux. This wine delivers sip after glorious sip! Michel Duffour's excellent dry white is made predominantly with Colombard, along with smaller amounts of Ugni Blanc and Gros Manseng. Notes of melon...

Featured Explorer Club Wines: 2020 Domaine Maurice Charleux et Fils | Bourgogne Rouge | Burgundy, France Delicious mélange of woody spice, dark cherry, anise, and sweet earthy sous bois. Open knit, with polished tannins. A glorious food wine. About: Domaine Maurice Charleux is located in Dezize-les-Maranges, about 4 kilometers southwest of Santenay. It was founded in 1894 by Ferdinand Charleux...

Harvest Club Wines: For most wineries, September is harvest time. The actual harvest date depends on the rain cycle and the temperature. Winemakers will go out daily to check the BRIX, or sugar content, of the grapes. A rain around harvest time can literally dilute the grape flavor, as the water from the rain soaks into each grape. Featured Wines...

Harvest Club Wines: August in the Vineyard is continual Veraison for all of the berries! All the little green berries slowly begin to change colors depending on grape variety. Some from green to yellow, to pink, to purple, to even black!! This color changing is due to the chlorophyll in the berry skin being replaced by anthocyanins (red wine grapes...