Here I am again inviting you to join me in expanding our wine palates. Experts say there are 10,000 grape varieties and 3,000 commercial wines in the world. So we'll have to hurry to taste them all.
Now, a mainline wine such as chardonnay is fine. Great, in fact. But it's too popular, to the point that there's a countermovement called ABC, for "anything but chardonnay." Cabernet sauvignon's the same.
Let's try some new flavors and take notes. Then, the next time we want to match a fine meal with a compatible wine, we'll have a nice, long list from which to choose.
Here are some wines that, while not really unusual, may have only infrequently graced our tables. They're worth trying.
