11.   After building their reputation for producing quality wines that rival French and California brands, Spanish winemakers are now appealing to the demanding palates of institutional investors.

12.   Even though the harvest was earlier than usual, the grapes had unusually high sugar concentrations, and this made for higher quality wines.

13.   Increasingly, Hungarians are willing to pay more for quality wine.

14.   Italy leads the world in the production of top quality wines at moderate prices, as this exceptional Orvieto readily attests.

15.   Mondavi-Woodbridge winery, known for quality value wines like Zinfandel, is one of the largest wineries in the region.

16.   Occasionally, quality wines go into dull periods for several years, then regain their attractiveness.

17.   Petit verdot is a grape that used to be blended, in very small quantities because of its powerful tannins, into many quality Bordeaux wines.

18.   Recently there has been a proliferation of passionate young Spanish winemakers, like Alvaro Palacios, dedicated to making small quantities of the highest quality wines.

19.   Still, wine producers are expected to surpass the million-gallon mark and bottle high quality wine because of the dry heat, he said.

20.   The good news, though, was that while wine drinkers were consuming less, they were drinking higher quality wines and spirits.