And yet, most of us cannot afford to purchase a wine stem for every grapevarietal (currently Riedel offers wine glasses for everything from Chardonnay and Pinot Noir to Riesling and Cabernet Sauvignon).
The 2009 Vino De La Familia Blanca, made from 100% Arizona-grown Malvasia Bianca, a Mediterranean varietal of grape, is an unusual and delicious vintage.
Not only is there a vast selection of grape varietals to choose from, each varietal enjoys several different expressions of taste, often within the same appellation.
The star varietal is malbec, a red wine made from the malbec grape that is native to Bordeaux but actually thrives better in the high-altitude terrain of Mendoza than anywhere else in the world.