21.   It may surprise some people to learn that, after California, no state devotes more acres to growing wine grapes than Washington.

22.   Just as in California, restless winemakers experiment with lesser-known varieties such as syrah, nebbiolo, and a German red wine grape called lemberger.

23.   Just about the time the last wine grapes are crushed and fermented, the first wine books begin to appear for the holiday season.

24.   Most wine grapes are full of sugar when they are picked.

25.   Modern Champagne is made from three grapes, chardonnay, a white wine grape, and pinot noir and pinot meunier, both red wine grapes.

26.   On either side of the Andes, the soil is good, land and labor relatively cheap and the climate perfect for wine grapes.

27.   Over the last three decades, it has become the principal red wine grape in Oregon, too.

28.   Other ranchers are planting pumpkins, wine grapes, olive trees or U-pick strawberries, she says.

29.   Piedmont is blessed with excellent growing conditions for a variety of wine grapes.

30.   Pinot noir, which is the red wine grape of Burgundy, is slowly taking an honored place in the rest of the world.