He expressed particular disappointment in Mondavi's most recent vintages of cabernet - its signature wine.

"Our best vintage ever of our signature wine," Lieb's literature says.

The earliest vintage of the signature wine is 2003 and has been produced every year since then.

Will pinot gris, they ask, become the state's signature white wine?

To this day, Alsace-style dry gewurztraminer remains a signature white wine in Lenz's portfolio.

The vineyard is also used to produce signature wines.

Merlot is the East End's signature red wine.

Riesling, for example, is emerging as the state's signature wine, and most comes from the Finger Lakes.

Malbec, Argentina's signature red wine, is synonymous with beef, the national dish.

Araujo is 10 years old, but its signature wine comes from the famed Eisele Vineyard, which it owns.