Malbec’s Double Life: From French Roots to Argentinian Fame
Coffee lovers, wine enthusiasts, tea devotees—here’s a grape that defied its origins to become a global star. Malbec’s story is less about pedigree and more about reinvention. Once a forgotten vine in France, it’s now Argentina’s flagship red, yet its French soul lingers in every glass. The Tasting Challenge—a weekly dive into 34 wines from 12 countries—revealed how geography can rewrite a grape’s destiny. Malbec’s French roots are steeped in obscurity. Once a blending grape in Bordeaux, it struggled with pests and weather, earning a reputation for being unreliable. By the 1860s, though, a French botanist planted it in Mendoza,…
