Chardonnay’s unlikely ancestry leads from medieval France to a windy hillside in Robertson, South Africa. Explore butter, oak, fossil oysters, termite-shaped soils, and the vineyard behind the Chardonnay we pour at Coordinates.
The most memorable tasting note I have ever heard wasn't blackberry, leather or tobacco. It was “story time and boyfriends.” A farewell tasting in Taiwan taught me something I still believe behind the bar at Coordinates: wine shouldn't feel like a test.
A muddy road in Paarl, a stuck Honda Civic, and a winemaker’s GPS coordinates led us to Pinotage and the name of our Texas winery. Here’s how it happened.
How sabrage works and how to saber sparkling wine safely: the physics of the strike, why the bottle has to be cold, and the 400 years of glass behind it.
In January 2019, French researchers flew to South Africa to collect cuttings of a French grape. They came home with Chenin Blanc selections that no longer exist in France. How a Dutch spice company, a three-hundred-year case of mistaken identity and a brandy industry left South Africa holding half the world's Chenin.
A gray-pink mutation of Pinot Noir became one of America’s favorite dry white wines. Here’s the story behind Pinot Grigio and the Coordinates Vineyards release.