In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify handcrafted wines blended from the traditional “noble” Bordeaux varietals. They came up with a term associating the words Merit and Heritage.
Find how how you should say Meritage and what it the correct pronunciation of this wine term.
Some of the most thought-after/famous Meritage wines include:
Rodney Strong Symmetry Meritage, Alexander Valley
Sterling Vineyards Vintner’s Collection Meritage, Central Coast
Estancia Estates Reserve Meritage, Paso Robles
Trump Winery Meritage, Monticello
Chateau Ste. Michelle Artists Series Meritage – Red Blend, Columbia Valley, USA
Arbor Bench Vineyards Meritage, Dry Creek Valley, United States of America
Dry Creek Vineyard The Mariner Meritage, Dry Creek Valley
York Creek Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon – Meritage, Spring Mountain District
Lyeth Estate Meritage, Sonoma County
Foley Johnson Meritage, Rutherford
Cosentino Winery The Poet Meritage, Napa
DeLille Cellars Chaleur Estate, Yakima Valley
Robert Mondavi Winery Private Selection Meritage, California
Italics Fourteen Appellations Meritage, Napa Valley
Burrowing Owl Estate Winery Meritage, Okanagan Valley, Canada
Kendall-Jackson Vintner’s Reserve Red Blend, California
Trinitas Cellars Meritage, Napa
Geyser Peak Winery Alexandre Reserve Meritage, Alexander Valley
Le Vigne Nikiara Meritage, Paso Robles
Atalon Pauline’s Cuvee, Napa Valley
St. Francis ‘Anthem’ Meritage, Sonoma Valley
Dry Creek Vineyard Meritage, Sonoma County
PureCru Wines ‘M. Coz’ Meritage, Napa Valley
King Family Vineyards Meritage, Monticello
Summerhill Pyramid Winery OM Organic Meritage, Okanagan Valley, Canada
Kirkland Signature Meritage, Napa
Jefferson Vineyards Meritage, Monticello
Nk’Mip Cellars Mer’r’iym Meritage, Okanagan Valley
Cooper’s Hawk Winery Lux Meritage, California
Llano Estacado Signature Meritage Red, Texas
Empyrean Eridanus Meritage, Yakima Valley
Bodega Benegas ‘Benegas Lynch’ Libertad Vineyards Meritage, Maipu, Argentina
Montesquieu Derenoncourt Meritage, Napa
Fivewise Meritage Blend, Central Coast
Sunstone Eros Estate Merlot – Cabernet Franc – Cabernet Sauvignon, Santa Ynez Valley
Hayes Valley Meritage, Central Coast
Seabiscuit Ranch Superfecta Meritage, Mendocino County
Opolo Vineyards Rhapsody Meritage, Paso Robles
Maroon Wines Meritage Black Label, Napa Valley
Hahn Family Wines Meritage, Central Coast
Pico & Vine Meritage, Napa Valley
Jackson-Triggs Okanagan Estate Proprietors’ Grand Reserve Meritage, Okanagan Valley, Canada
Langtry Estate Guenoc Meritage Red, Lake County
Lake Breeze Vineyards Meritage, Naramata, Canada
Hogue Cellars Genesis Meritage, Columbia Valley
Marilyn Monroe Wines ‘Marilyn’ Meritage, Napa Valley
Clos LaChance Meritage, Central Coast
Kunde Family Estate 202 Meritage, Sonoma Valley
Three Rivers Winery Meritage, Columbia Valley
Ironstone Vineyards Reserve Meritage, Sierra Foothills
Gray Monk Cellars Odyssey Meritage, Okanagan Valley
Christopher Creek Finlay’s Vineyard Ashley’s Meritage, Dry Creek Valley
Cosentino Winery ‘The Novelist’ White Meritage, California
Inniskillin Single Vineyard Series Dark Horse Vineyard Meritage, Okanagan Valley
Spoken Barrel 42 Meritage Red Blend, Columbia Valley
Ehret Family Winery ‘Bellarina’ Meritage, Knights Valley
Murrieta’s Well Red Meritage, Livermore Valley
Bodega Benegas Parcela Selecta Meritage, Mendoza
Windsor Vineyards Meritage, Sonoma
St. Francis Red, Sonoma
Lock & Key Meritage, North Coast
Trinchero Napa Valley Meritage, Napa Valley
Tawse Meritage, Niagara Peninsula, Canada
Leal Vineyards Carnaval Meritage, San Benito
William Hill Estate Winery Benchmark Meritage, Napa
Arbor Crest Dionysus, Columbia Valley
Barbed Wire Meritage
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French winemaker Julien explains the intricacies of wine pronunciation, detailing how to pronounce the name of famous wine term designating wines made using traditional Bordeaux grapes (red or white, such as Cabernet Suvignon, Merlot, Cab Franc, Petite Verdot, Sauvignon Blanc or Semillon): Meritage.
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