21.   It has been said that sangiovese demonstrates the benefits of clonal selection better than almost any other grape variety.

22.   Made from Napa Valley grapes, it was designed from the start to transcend both the Old World emphasis on region and the New World emphasis on grape variety.

23.   Many of the winemakers have come from the Rhone, bringing their grape varieties with them.

24.   Never is the grape variety mentioned.

25.   Take the popular interest today in California wines made from Rhone and Italian grape varieties.

26.   The emphasis on grape varieties is giving way in Tuscany to an emphasis on the vineyards themselves.

27.   The most important grape variety in Tokay is furmint.

28.   The new-found popularity of Italian grape varieties in California seems to have bypassed barbera.

29.   The standout wine on my visit was a grape variety new to me, a weirdo French hybrid called ravat, after its inventor.

30.   The traditional red grape varieties in Priorat are garnacha, or grenache, and carinena, a grape found in southern France, where it is called carignan.