You can have a good Merlot or a bad Cab, and so on. The association with bad Merlot came from mass production in the early years in Calif

Posted on August 16, 2026 at 01:22:04 PM by Rich

and it was not high quality. But there are great Merlots in Europe and could be in California.

There is nothing associated with Merlot that makes it inherently bad just as there is nothing associated with any other wine you may like that makes it inherently good. It's all in the soil, temperature, growing season, grape, etc.

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You can have a good Merlot or a bad Cab, and so on. The association with bad Merlot came from mass production in the early years in Calif