At Mia, the grape types grown include brown muscat, cabernet and shiraz.

Variants on the dessert use other grape types and various other ingredients.

Forget vintage charts, they told the world; forget grape types, special glasses and decanters.

In this country, where winemakers are still determining the best places to grow their vines, grape types are the most important guarantee of wine quality.

Vins de Fruits: entry level wines from the estate, made from a single grape type.

Most California wine labels highlight the grape type; after all, it's what Americans look for, isn't it?

"The idea of grape types, like chardonnay or cabernet, is relatively new," he said.

These typically bear the name of a single grape type, like chardonnay, rather than a generic label like chablis.

Which is not to say they have ignored all their oldest grape types.

They vinify each grape type separately, bleeding some vats and using the pressing method for others.