61.   The German style, using Riesling or a handful of other white grapes, produces wines of sublime balance and complexity.

62.   The goal is not to produce new wines but to develop grapes that can complement and enhance sangiovese without altering its basic character.

63.   The Marches, the coast region east of Tuscany and Umbria, produces excellent wines from the grape, and this is one of them.

64.   The newer vineyards tend to be planted on shale, which lets the roots grow more freely and generally produces wines with softer tannins.

65.   The next step was to produce a wine made almost entirely from oseletta.

66.   The Mastroberardinos have been making fine wines near Naples for generations, while families in Sicily have produced well-known wines like Corvo and Regaleali for hundreds of years.

67.   The riesling is a noble grape and in the right hands, it produces wines unsurpassed in power and subtlety.

68.   The Robert Mondavi family also produces joint venture wines with vintner-partners in France, Italy and Chile.

69.   The real losers are people trying to produce quality wines in China.

70.   The sugary sap of the tree, tapped by ingenious drinkers, ferments easily in the heat, producing wine.