1.   Ask most wine drinkers what the most important grape in Bordeaux is, and the answer will be cabernet sauvignon.

2.   At one point, it was planted among the red wine vines only because it ripened early and drew bees away from the more important grapes.

3.   Barbera has long been an important California grape, and there have always been minor plantings of nebbiolo and grignolino.

4.   Carmenere was once an important grape in Bordeaux, where it found its way into some distinguished wines.

5.   Chardonnay is the second most important grape in Champagne, after pinot noir.

6.   Corvina, sometimes called corvina Veronese, is the most important grape, as it is in Bardolino.

7.   For years, when quantity was more important than quality in California, chenin blanc was an important grape.

8.   Her biggest triumph came in unraveling the kinship of a large family of important wine grapes, none of which had been known to be related to each other.

9.   Important grapes like sauvignon blanc, cabernet sauvignon and pinot noir are subjects of extended sections marked by clear, comprehensible scientic data and fascinating history.

10.   In Alsace, on the west bank of the Rhine, where late-harvest wines are known as vendange tardive, the most important grape is the gewuerztraminer.