Like a Limestone Cowboy Some of the world’s most sought-after wines are made with grapes grown in limestone soils, which are naturally alkaline with high pH levels, disease-resistant, and good at water retention. Famous areas with limestone soils…

Can’t Touch This! The Spanish Albariño grape is grown on trellises so that the grapes never touch the ground, helping to avoid disease and rot that would otherwise occur in its humid coastal environment.

Don’t Tread Lightly Some premium Port wines are still made using foot treading! Though expensive and physically exhausting, traditional foot treading gently extracts the juices and avoids the harshness that can derive from crushing too vigorously.  

Move Over, Manhattan The Brunello winemaking zone in Italy extends over about 100 square miles, or just slightly larger than three times the island of Manhattan.

Guess How Many Grapes? A standard 750 mL bottle of wine contains the juice of 600 to 800 grapes.