Cara Morrison’s award-winning dessert wine features a little something that might raise an eyebrow. But for vineyards, it’s ...

Some say the sweetest juice comes from the ugliest fruit and for one Hawke’s Bay winegrowing family it is more than just a ...

(The phrase noble rot refers to a fungus deliberately injected into some types of grapes to make the resulting wine much sweeter. Keeling adapted it, saying, “We just loved the contrast of the ...

Hello Prince Albert! Have you heard the term “noble grape” before? This wine lingo is a reference to classic white/red grapes ...

As wine lovers, we can’t forget Botrytis cinerea, the grey mold known as Noble Rot that under the right circumstances can affect grape bunches to create ethereally sweet wines such as Sauternes ...

Noble rot increases the flavor and sweetness of the grapes it infects. The moist night air promotes the growth of this fungus, while the hot, dry days will evaporate the moisture and prevent bad ...

which makes the grapes shrivel and rot, from inside the bunch out. The only vintners who can benefit from botrytis grapes (also known as the noble rot) are those making dessert wines, such as ...