garage

A moniker (garagistes) that originated in France’s Bordeaux region in the 1990s and signifies very small winemakers – usually operating on less than a hectare – who generally process their own wine (vins de garage) the old fashioned way, making it “out of their garages.” Garage wine is generally made in very small quantities, and thus the price for the best of it is very high. In France, the wines made are big, bold, fruity red wines with higher alcohol content – winemakers’ wine.