Viognier (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Viognier is a white wine grape. It is the only permitted grape for the French wine Condrieu in the Rhone valley. The origin of the Viognier grape is unknown. Viognier is presumed to be an ancient grape, and some have hypothesized that it may have originated in Dalmatia and was brought to Rh ne by the Romans. One legend states that the Roman emperor Probus brought the vine to the region in 281 AD. Another legend has the grape packaged with Syrah on a cargo ship navigating the Rhone River en route to Beaujolais when it was captured near the site of present day Condrieu by a local group of outlaws known as culs de piaux.