Learning to Like Merlot
If the smash hit movie of a few years ago, Sideways, did much to popularize Pinot Noir, it also fairly demonized Merlot. What prompted the fictional Sideways character Miles and his many real life minions in the wine world of today to loathe Merlot so resolutely? The story begins back in the early 1980s with the king of red wine, Cabernet Sauvignon.