Will the pure-bred wine please stand up.

[Innkeeper]

Prior to 1970, even though they existed, and I am a East Coaster, I never heard of a varietally bottled wine, other than the ones from Alsace we enjoyed while living there. However, we are far from going full circle. There is more of the latter and less of the blended stuff than ever before. Not only have Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Argentina, South Africa, Eastern Europe, and Italy jumped on the varietal bandwagon; but, in the last ten years, so has France.