varietals...

[Jerry D Mead]

Foodie is right about finding the Gamay name on some California wines...but most of them that say Gamay...aren't.

Those labeled Gamay Beaujolais are really from an inferior clone of Pinot Noir.

Those labeled just Gamay, or Napa Gamay, are usually actually Valdiguie. (Both J. Lohr and Gallo Sonoma have switched to the Valdiguie name.)

UC DAvis screwed up on identifcation about 40 years ago and ATF is just forcing the switchover to accurate labelling...meanwhile there is almost no real "Gamay noir au jus blanc" (the true Gamay of Beaujolais) anywhere in California...I didn't say none...almost none.

JDM