Several of these producers nurture old bush-vine vineyards of chenin blanc that channel the history of the grape into a distinctive expression of place. These old-vine bottlings are harder to find ...

Chenin Blanc originated in France's Loire Valley, likely in the Anjou subregion, which today makes the world's most acclaimed Chenins. The grape's frontiers have expanded, to South Africa, where it’s ...

This 100% Chenin from Minus Tide, made from old-vine grapes, offers a tinge of honey on the nose with wild and savory herbs in the undertow. On the palate, there’s present salin ...

The winery, whose winemaker is Graeme MacDonald, specializes in head-trained, dry-farmed Chenin Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon, and old-vine Petite Sirah, some planted as far back as 1964.