The Uncorked Life

French wine labels can look intimidating because they leave out the one thing most people look for first: the grape. That's not an oversight, it's the whole system. Once you know what you're actually looking at, a French label tells you more than a varietal name ever could.

Wine is often talked about in the context of food. Pair this with that. Match flavors. Build the perfect meal. But some of the best wine experiences happen outside of the table entirely.

It’s less about what you’re eating, and more about what you’re doing.

Here are a few ways we’ve seen wine fit naturally into everyday moments.

Vendange — the French word for the grape harvest — is underway across the country right now. It's easy to think of harvest as simply the moment grapes get picked, but in France it's a season wrapped in centuries of tradition, law, and a fair amount of local pride.