Shellgame

[Innkeeper]

Foodie is more of an expert on this stuff than moi, but has been trying to teach me. As I understand it "estate bottled" does not mean the same as "estate grown." "Vinified by" means nothing. As far as varietal content, it varies from state to state and country to country. In California it has to be 75% varietal, but the appelation has to be 100%. So if it is a Napa Valley wine, all the grapes have to come from Napa Valley even if 25% of them are of a different variety.

The bottom line, to add to rant, is that it is ridiculous to have be a detective to figure out how what is in the bottle got there.