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

Example Sentences

Boosted by a win in last month’s pivotal congressional midterm elections, Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei is now trying to turn a land best known for Malbec and steak into a powerhouse in the world’s booming copper industry.

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The governor of Mendoza province, the center of Argentina’s wine industry, says he wants the country’s flagship Malbec wine to coexist with copper.

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

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

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

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