More than most other wine varieties, it depends on soil and climate for its character.

Curicó has both red and white wine varieties planted but is most widely known for its Chardonnay.

It is the dominant white wine variety of the area, overtaking Riesling in 1990.

Approximately two thirds of the production consists of red wine varieties.

Established in 1994, the winery is the place where visitors are offered samples of the award-winning wine varieties.

The wine variety most ordered by fish eaters was chardonnay, at 73 percent.

Dornfelder, at 47 ha is currently the most strongly represented red wine variety.

Some 68% of the wine made here is from white wine varieties (as at 2007).

Italian wine varieties are the hottest thing to come out of California since square tomatoes.

Small-scale producers have a hard time reaching the international market to compete on the same level as more famous Italian wine varieties.