91.   Those two grapes are there, but so are bits of grenache, mourvedre, cinsault, merlot and cabernet sauvignon.

92.   Unfortunately, the wines are all spoken for before the grapes are crushed.

93.   Until a generation or so ago, London clubmen would sip their bordeaux and have no idea what grapes were in it.

94.   When I came back, the grapes were mushy.

95.   Were the grapes that intoxicating?

96.   When pinot noir grapes are crushed, skins float to the top.

97.   When the grapes were DNA fingerprinted, a remarkable family relationship emerged that included some of the best known wine grapes in the world.

98.   Where fine wines are concerned, concord and mission grapes are obsolete.

99.   Which may explain why, in northern Italy, the best sangiovese grapes are the result of a protracted struggle between the vines and the hardscrabble Tuscan hills.

100.   Wine grapes were eventually born again in Mexico, but for centuries vintners have produced mostly grapes for brandy or for wine that was mediocre.