Good merlot that is! Is Merlot coming back? It seems to be. Sales, particularly of premium merlot, are inch by inch improving. There are in some places a shortage of merlot now, particularly with the Napa Bordeaux blending crowd. So why this return to a modicum of favor? Well probably the fact that Merlot is a lovely drop. The reputation of merlot had plummeted in the early 2,000s. Not just because of the movie Sideways but because of over production and a glut of poor qualit

Is Merlot coming back? It seems to be. Sales, particularly of premium merlot, are inch by inch improving. There are in some places a shortage of merlot now, particularly with the Napa Bordeaux blending crowd. So why this return to some amount of favor? Well don’t thank those hipster sommeliers or the wine-geek influencers on Instagram. These groups tend towards the more obscure varietal, orange or extra natural is better mentality, and most are in love with every grape but Me