Winemakers Champion the Next ‘Perfect Grape’ for Climate Change

Little-known or almost extinct varieties are making a comeback as vintners adjust to changing weather.

Source: Vendors

Last year you probably tasted your way through any number of well-known wine grape varieties, whether cabernet sauvignon, chardonnay, pinot noir or sauvignon blanc.

In your future, however, are the drinking delights of less familiar names: counoise, vaccarèse, mencía, picpoul blanc and cabernet Pfeffer.