When I talk to California winemakers, I regularly hear them talk about Vermentino as the grape everyone should be planting. Vermentino, Vermentino, Vermentino. Why? Because Vermentino is a grape that likes heat and can therefore successfully be grown in many places, especially with climate change. Vermentino can be both oaked and unoaked. Vermentino can produce a rich, full-bodied wine or a crisp, mineral-driven wine. It can be blended with other grapes or made as a single varietal wine. These are the reasons why many California winemakers like Vermentino, although there are only 100 acres planted in California. In Paso Robles, Giornata produces Vermentino and this week the Giornata 2022 Vermentino, Paso Robles is the Please The Palate wine of the week.
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