I bet none of you reading this could guess more than one of the top four white winegrapes in the world (ranked by acres planted). OK, Chardonnay is No. 2, but the others? How about Airen at the first spot (Spain), and Ugni blanc at No. 3 (France, Italy, Argentina), followed by Rkatsiteli (found in Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova)? Macabeo is No. 7 (Spain), and No. 10 is Catarratto Bianco Comune (Italy).
The red Top Ten are a bit less strange, but we still find Carignan at No. 6 (France, China, Tunisia), and Bobal at No. 7 (Spain). (Bobal? Sounds like a French name for a show poodle.)
What does this mean? It means that we in the U.S. like to think we're plugged into the world wine scene, but we're really not. Most of the wines I found in Italy are not available in the US. There is a lot going on worldwide that we're not aware of, here. I will try to help expose all of us to some different winegrapes, as we travel the world in a wineglass, together.
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