Need help in selecting a white wine

[culinart]

stevebody-from your experience, do you prefer a oaked or unoaked viognier wine?
I found a verdicchio del Castelli di jesi wine here but which one is better...fazi battaglia or Folonari?
If i am correct, the french spell it fumet...however there is the word fumee (which I think means smoke or something of that nature)
Botromagno Gravina...what region is that from steve. And has anyone else here tried it?

wonders....that is the answer i have been waiting for =) "france has a great reputation for chardonnays and germany, alsace and Austria are great riesling producing countries. Now what about gewurtz, SB and other white (wine) grape varieties? I believe this helps the newbies tremendously, because if gives us a sense of direction to know where to start looking as oppose to wandering endlessly in the wine shop not knowing which regions (countries) excel at producing certain grapes. Yes australia has some good chardonnays(as well as other countries I'm sure) but to know where the majority of "best" chardonnays come from helps the unknowledgeable immensely!