The Uncorked Life

October is when dinner gets serious again. Squash, mushrooms, apples and slow braises are back on the table, and the wine should keep up. Here's what to pour with the dishes you're most likely to make this month, plus a few dates on the wine calendar worth celebrating.

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.