"I don't see that in a lot of other varietals.
The blend is an intriguing one: 91 percent North Coast pinot noir, 5percentt sangiovese, 2percentt merlot and 2percentt "other varietals".
But we don't compare to other regions in other varietals, and I don't believe you can fool the consumer".
On the sloping side of the house is an unruly garden where raspberries, strawberries and dozens of other varietals are allowed to grow wild.
Sharpe Hill's star wine is a white called Ballet of Angels, a semidry, fruit-forward mix of Vignoles and nine other varietals.
In the past decade the numbers of producers and acres under vine have doubled, and now the Paso Robles AVA is the fastest-growing wine region in the US, with over 200 boutique and family-owned wineries producing zinfandel, cabernet sauvignon and other varietals from Spain, Italy, Bordeaux and the Rhone.
1) Focus time/energy totally on my beloved Burgundian varietals, as my actual day job without distraction of other varietals or... 2) A myriad of consulting projects.
Once there, Waiheke wines are known for breaking out of the sauvignon blanc/pinot noir mold that tends to define New Zealand, while experimenting with other varietals, from viognier to Montepulciano.
There was some speculation that ravaged Cabernet vineyards would be replanted with other varietals (such as those emerging from the Rhone Rangers movement) but in fact California plantings of Cabernet Sauvignon doubled between 1988 and 1998; many wine regions— such as Napa Valley north of Yountville and Sonoma's Alexander Valley— were almost completely dominated by the grape variety.
There's just so much going on in a great Chardonnay, and it's this layered, deep complexity that makes Chardonnay different from any other white varietal.
