Côtes Catalanes: the wine with the renegade spirit

From a wild corner of southern France, these crisp, minerally whites and silky red blends are unforgettable wines We all have our coming-of-age story: a transition to adulthood defined by emotional growth. I’ll let my friends be the judge of whether mine’s happened, but in wine terms, I can pinpoint my coming of age to the day I first tasted a white from Côtes Catalanes IGP. What was this nectar? I’d spent a lifetime chugging things I liked (from Um Bongo to supermarket Macon), but this was n...

By Mina Holland