(Winemag) - Fancy a Cabernet Franc pale ale? How about a Viognier saison or Sauvignon Blanc gose? A new wave of craft producers are combining brewing and winemaking to create unique beers perfect for wine lovers.

There’s often a divide between lovers of grapes and fans of grain. However, forward-thinking brewers and winemakers are finding common ground between these silently warring factions. Wine is now being made with hops, and a new crop of brewers have been using wine grapes in their beers.

Beer has been made with wine grapes as far back as the 1970s, when legendary Belgian lambic producer Cantillon used Muscat grapes to make Vigneronne. That tradition continues as American craft breweries embrace wine grapes to give their beers new dimensions of flavor.