Napa visitors in the 70s would be able to taste perhaps a dozen different varietal wines, like Petite Sirah, Napa Gamay, Riesling, Muscat, Chenin Blanc and possibly Gewürztraminer.
Never one to mince words, W. Blake Gray visited South Africa this year and in this and a companion piece on his own site, explored the effect of wind on terroir and wondered how much progress has been made in South African wine post-apartheid.
