Life Style / Wine Grapes / Pinenc: Minor grape grown in the Pyrenees region of France and one of the grapes used to create a red wine blend known as 'Madiran'. The grape is also known as Fer, (or Fer Servadou) and also, in other regions of France, is named Brocol or Braucol. The other grapewines in the 'Madiran' blend are the Bouchy, Courbu Noir and Tannat grapes. In Argentina the grape known as Fer is thought to be a clone of the Malbec grape.
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Lifestyle / Wine Grapes / Fer: Also known as Fer Servadou, Brocol, Braucol, Mansois and Pinenc. The name apparently refers to the iron-hard woodiness of the vine. Grown to a limited extent in the Gaillac AC and other regions of sou MORE