Wine of the Week

Vacqueyras became part of the Côtes du Rhône appellation in 1937 and only in 1990 was it allowed into the ranks of regions whose wines could be bottled with their own place name. It lies south of Gigondas -- also a former Côtes du Rhône Villages commune, elevated to its own status in

1971 -- on the river Ouvèze, a tributary of the Rhône. Production here …