Does the above picture effectively showcase the “dream” of Southern France? That blue sky, with the white puffs of clouds, is real. And from this fresh, sunny climate we also get the wines of Gerard Bertrand, who owns six estates in the Languedoc. Today at a Per Se launch of his 2010 Gris Blanc Rosé [...]

Mysteries of the Marsanne Grape, by Marisa D’Vari (c) 2006 “I find people are shying away from Chardonnay,” says sommelier Linda Gerin, co-owner of the restaurant Jean-Louis in Greenwich, CT, “and asking for more unusual wines, such as viognier.” So…