Each bottle starts with carefully hand-picked aszú berries, or botrytized grapes affected by noble rot (which we'll touch on later). As if that weren't enough, there are only six grape varieties ...

The area owes its fame to a special strand of fungus called botrytis (or the “noble rot”), the ingredient that transforms the overripe grapes into small, shrivelled raisin-like berries with ...

Also known as "noble rot," it is a beneficial mold that grows on ripe wine grapes in the vineyard under specific climatic conditions. The mold dehydrates the grapes, leaving them shriveled and ...

Noble Grapes (Alsace): Riesling, Pinot Gris, Gewürztraminer and Muscat. The French term is cépages nobles. These varieties, if made from Alsace Grand Cru vineyards, can be labeled under the Alsace ...