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Malbec

/ mælˈbɛk /

noun

  1. a black grape originally grown in the Bordeaux region of France and now in Argentina and Chile, used for making wine

  2. a rustic mid-bodied red wine made from this grape

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Have American wine drinkers fallen out of love with Argentine Malbec?

The question would have been unthinkable 14 years ago, the last time I devoted a column to Malbec.

That column’s title: “How Malbec Became the Wine of ‘Regular People.”

Back then, Malbec was incredibly popular because it was affordable and easy to drink.

In recent years, both exports and sales of Argentine Malbec have dropped significantly.

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