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Vintage Merlot Sea Salt: This is where the Fusion Sea Salt dream began! The delicious final product is a wonderful addition to gravy and sauces, and its rich, deep color makes it a visually stunning finishing salt. It also serves as further proof that many great ideas form over a glass of wine.

Merlot is the most widely planted red grape in France’s Bordeaux region, although it is eclipsed in stature by cabernet sauvignon, the grape with which it is routinely blended. In recent years, Merlot has enjoyed a explosion in popularity, especially in the United States, South America, Italy and Australia. In California, plantings have risen from 4,000 acres in 1988 to over 50,000 today.

A thin-skinned variety, merlot ripens earlier in the season then cabernet sauvignon and is less hardy, prone to a variety of ailments from shatter (the loss of potential fruit during flowering of the vine) to rot and mildew. It is more adaptable to cool climates than cabernet sauvignon, but similarly prefers a relatively warm growing environment.



Fusion Sea Salts are the result of our search to combine sea salts with pure natural flavor. When we first thought of infused flavored salt blends, we wanted to fuse natural ingredients together in a way that hadn't been done before. We imagined putting fresh ingredients inside the sea salt without compromising our signature purity. After a long-developed proprietary process, the result is Artisan Salt Company's Fusion Flavored Sea Salt. This is the new generation of gourmet seasoning.