Local winery becomes first in the US to bottle all Châteauneuf-du-Pape grapes

US winery makes history with 'Châteauneuf-du-Pape grapes'

Muscardin from the 2023 vintage completed the line-up. US winery Tablas Creek said it has achieved a decades-long mission to make single-varietal wines from all 14 traditional Châteauneuf-du-Pape grape varieties that feature at Château de Beaucastel, one of the French appellation’s best-known producers. Muscardin, rarely seen beyond the Rhône and planted in California by Tablas Creek in 2019, is the newest arrival after a 25-case production run …

Local winery becomes first in the US to bottle all Châteauneuf-du-Pape grapes

Winery announces completion of decades-long project – Tablas Creek Vineyard has announced the completion of its decades-long project to bottle all 14 traditional Châteauneuf-du-Pape grape varieties as single-varietal wines. The final piece of the project debuted this year with a limited, 25-case bottling of Muscardin. Tablas Creek, founded in 1989 as a partnership between the Perrin family of Château de Beaucastel and American importer Robert Ha…