Wine: 'Argentina has made malbec its own, but now France wants to reclaim the grape for itself'
Wine: 'Argentina has made malbec its own, but now France wants to reclaim the grape for itself'
Nov 14, 2010 6
Malbec has become a huge success story in Argentina, but few could name where this robust red grape originates from. Its homeland is actually in south west France, in Cahors, a now little-known appellation with 10 per cent of the world's plantings of this grape. Now the French are aiming to make a come-back, with a cleverly labelled wine called The Original Malbec.
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