Wine of the Day, No. 612

Saint-Marcel-d'Ardèche is one of those French villages that makes Americans swoon with desire and nostalgia and cuteness overload. Nestled in the region called Auvergne-Rhône-Alps, in an area rich with prehistoric dolmen and Roman ruins, the hamlet -- pop. 2,476 -- is as quaint and picturesque as they come. The principle crops of the area are olive and …