21.   Chablis has four levels, depending on where the grapes are grown.

22.   Controversy also surrounds the idea of AVAs, American Viticulture Appellations, the location names that tell you where the grapes were grown.

23.   Consumers benefit from an AVA designation because it tells them more precisely where the grapes were grown for a particular bottle of wine.

24.   Determining whether grapes will be ripe tomorrow, next week or two weeks from now is more difficult when the weather is variable.

25.   Dry as the poor Norton grapes are, I balked at the idea of hauling buckets of water up and down the rolling hills of our vineyard.

26.   First, there are the grapes.

27.   For the first time in decades, grapes are now available at Sunday brunch.

28.   For years, scientists and growers argued over which California grape was the true gamay of Beaujolais, one called gamay Beaujolais or the one called Napa Gamay.

29.   Fresh grapes are best from mid-August to early October, when they are being harvested in states including Washington, California, Ohio and New York.

30.   Grapes are best when eaten within two to three days.