These 10-year-old vines were named ‘Charbonnay’ as a word marriage between the classic chardonnay grape and ‘charbon,’ which means coal in French. This wine proves even a heap of waste can ...

This archival photo (date unknown) shows several coal slag heaps from the Lens Mining Company in Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. Photograph by Historic Images, Alamy Stock Photo.