The Red Bicyclette Pinot Noir single grape wine is hugely popular in the United States.

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The star varietal is malbec, a red wine made from the malbec grape that is native to Bordeaux but actually thrives better in the high-altitude terrain of Mendoza than anywhere else in the world.

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Louis, a chic oasis with top-notch treatments (for an additional fee) such as the caviar serum facial, a Balinese massage, and a clay and red-grape body wrap known as the di-vine wine all guaranteed to leave you positively luminescent by day's end.

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This trio of bold red grape varieties may be last into the cellar, but any aficionado who appreciates brooding, dark oak-aged red wine will tell you, these are definitely worth the wait.

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