Is there such a thing as a good Chardonnay?

[Botafogo]

Yes, they are called Blanc de Blancs Champagnes! Try any good grower fizz you can find from the villages of Cramant, Avize or Oger, preferably with some good smoked fish or a dozen raw oysters....

Re Kendall Jackson: the TEXTURE of that wine comes from oak chips in the fermenters but the actual predominant FLAVOR is from the 5-10% unfermented Muscat they add to it. If all the people who like that would be honest with themselves and quit trying to say they like "dry" "Chardonnay" and admit they like fruity, aromatic, slightly sweet wines then Frascati, Alsatian Pinot Gris and Spanish Muskats would be the biggest wines in the country.

Roberto