abstract:Grape Valley () is an area in Turpan, Xinjiang, China, where grape and other fruits are grown in this arid land. The valley is 8 km long, 600-2,000 meters wide, and is located some 10 km east of Turpan's city center.
"It has become an expensive hobby, but there is so much potential in Texas wines especially in this area, " said Pruitt, who grew up in near California's wine-rich Santa Ynez Valley and still sources much of his grape juice from there.
One of its properties, Calistoga Ranch, leverages not just the local waters but its Napa Valley location with its Vineyard Crush treatment, starring a grape-seed massage and tea bath.
But the important piece of news here is not so much that Pinot Gris has an international identity crisis, but that, purely on its own merits, the grape has come to be cherished by wineries from New Zealand to Napa Valley.