Let's Talk Chambourcin

<p style="-qt-block-indent: 0; text-indent: 18px; margin: 0px;"> <img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/46773/falling_love_chambourcin.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="160" /></p> <p style="-qt-block-indent: 0; text-indent: 18px; margin: 0px;"> <!--StartFragment--><span style= "font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 12pt;">Cambourcin isn’t a grape that you hear about in daily wine conversation.</span> <span style= "font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 12pt;">I’ve had Chambourcin before grown in the Hudson Valley. Many wineries use it in a blend with other red varieties. I wasn’t really a fan and</span> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 12pt;">a wine made with the Chambourcin grape wasn’t one that I would reach for. That all changed recently on a media tour of the New Jersey Wineries.</span></p> <p style="-qt-block-indent: 0; text-indent: 18px; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 12pt;">Chambourcin is a French-American hybrid grape, a cross between a European and American grape. The grape was created in France by Joannes Seyve in the early 1960s in France but the exact parentage is unknown. It is very resistant to fungal diseases especially downy mildew and grows well in cool climates. You will find the grape planted in the North East and Mid West as well as New South Wales, Australia and in its native France, Loire Valley. Chambourcin is the parent to the new disease-resistant grape Regent grown in Germany, Switzerland and Okanagan Valley.</span></p> <p style="-qt-block-indent: 0; text-indent: 18px; margin: 0px;">  </p> <p style="-qt-block-indent: 0; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px;"> <span style= "font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 600;">Chambourcin Profile</span></p> <p style="-qt-block-indent: 0; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 12pt;">Chambourcin is a deep-colored red wine. You will find some herbaceous notes, red fruit, black cherry, black pepper, big on tannins and acidity.</span></p> <p style= "-qt-paragraph-ty