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This famous French region was the birthplace of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.
What is Burgundy?
The "First Five" producers of this famous Western Australian region include Vasse Felix, Leeuwin Estate, and Cape Mentelle.
What is Margaret River?
This man's eponymous Oakville estate made To-Kalon Vineyard famous.
Who is Robert Mondavi?
It puts the "G" in GSM.
What is Grenache?
To bleed, or to make rosé.
What is sagnée?
What is veraison?
Sutter Home first produced this style of wine in the 1970s—by accident.
What is White Zinfandel?
In the 1920s, an order for "black chicken" might have yielded this instead.
What is Zinfandel?
These two white grape varieties might appear in a blend labeled Hermitage Rouge.
What are Marsanne and Roussanne?
By law, the only pink French AOC wine that can legally be a blend of red and white wines.
What is Champagne?
The Gironde, Garonne, and Dordogne cut through this winegrowing region.
What is Bordeaux?
A Portuguese explorer named Zarco discovered this "isle of woods" way back in 1419.
What is Madeira?
The oldest Pinot Noir vines in North America are planted at this Sonoma Valley winery. And the wines are fit for an Ambassador!
What is Hanzell?
The Rhône River's northernmost winegrowing region is located in this country.
What is Switzerland?
Ownership of the Provence rosé estate Château Miraval is now bitterly contested in this celebrity couple's divorce.
Who are Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie?
The mustard flowering between rows supplies this essential nutrient... which helps the vines grow!
What is nitrogen?
This was the first winery founded in Mexico, and North America!
What is Casa Madero?
John Daniel Jr. ran this historic Napa winery until 1964, when the suits arrived.
What is Inglenook?
Ooh La La—this famed Rhône producer will launch a fourth single-vineyard Côte-Rôtie bottling with the 2022 vintage.
Who is E. Guigal?
The only appellation in France that only produces rosé.
What is Tavel?
Inglenook made this varietal wine. Nowadays there is little of it left in California, and growing it is "pro-bono" work.
What is Charbono?
The first producer to bottle Amarone in the 1900s.
Who is Bertani?
What is Willamette Valley?
The owners of Eisele Vineyard in Napa and Château Latour in Bordeaux also control this Northern Rhône Valley Viognier monopole.
What is Château-Grillet?
Bougie pink French wine, but it tastes just like strawberry pop!
What is Bugey de Cerdon?