• the name recognition for international varieties of grapes like Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay is so high that many consumers believe they are either wine regions or brand names themselves?
• the origins of Cabernet Sauvignon were likely an accidental crossing of Cabernet franc and Sauvignon blanc?
• the well known white wine region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia also makes red wine from grapes like Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Pignolo?
• that winemakers in the Carmignano region of Tuscany have been blending Cabernet Sauvignon with Sangiovese since the 18th century, long before the emergence of "Super Tuscans"?
• after placing fifth in the original Judgment of Paris wine tasting, the 1971 Monte Bello Cabernet Sauvignon made by Paul Draper of Ridge Vineyards won the 2006 rematch?
• PlumpJack Winery was the first winery in the Napa Valley to use screwcaps as a wine closures on Cabernet Sauvignon wines sold for over USD$100 per bottle?
• Quilceda Creek Vintners Cabernet Sauvignon is the first American wine from outside California to earn perfect 100-point score reviews from wine critic Robert M. Parker, Jr. in The Wine Advocate?
• Vietnamese winemakers are trying to cultivate grapes such as Cabernet Sauvignon on land that till recently was still covered with landmines from the Vietnam War?
• Cabernet Sauvignon grapes from the Red Mountain AVA were used to create the first US wine outside of California to receive consecutive perfect scores from Robert Parker's Wine Advocate?

Facts on topics related to Cabernet Sauvignon

Chardonnay

• Chardonnay grapes are very neutral in flavor with many of the characteristics commonly associated with Chardonnay wine being derived from influences like terroir and the use of oak during winemaking?
• a Chardonnay from the Robert Young Vineyard in the Alexander Valley AVA was one of the first premium vineyard designated wines in California history?
• the name recognition for international varieties of grapes like Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay is so high that many consumers believe they are either wine regions or brand names themselves?

List of wine-producing regions

• the wine-producing region of Blackwood Valley is named after the longest continually flowing river in Western Australia?

Merlot

• Canaiolo was included in the 19th-century Chianti recipe to add fruitiness and soften the tannins of Sangiovese, much like Merlot's role in Bordeaux wine blends?
• the well known white wine region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia also makes red wine from grapes like Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Pignolo?
• until recently many Chilean wines labeled Merlot and Sauvignon blanc were really made from Carménère and Sauvignon vert?

Chilean wine

• the Chilean wine grape Pais is believed to have descended from the "common black grape" that the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés brought to Mexico in 1520?
• until recently many Chilean wines labeled Merlot and Sauvignon blanc were really made from Carménère and Sauvignon vert?

Sangiovese

• Bettino Ricasoli (pictured), developer of the first "modern" Chianti wine recipe based on the Sangiovese grape, later became Italian Prime Minister?
• Canaiolo was included in the 19th-century Chianti recipe to add fruitiness and soften the tannins of Sangiovese, much like Merlot's role in Bordeaux wine blends?
• that winemakers in the Carmignano region of Tuscany have been blending Cabernet Sauvignon with Sangiovese since the 18th century, long before the emergence of "Super Tuscans"?
• the translation of Sangiovese as the "blood of Jove" led to early theories that the grape's origins dated back to Roman times?

Nebbiolo

• in the 15th century, cutting down a Nebbiolo grapevine in the Piedmont region of La Morra was punishable by a heavy fine, hanging, or having your right hand cut off?
• the white Piedmont wine grape Arneis is known as "white Barolo" because it was traditionally blended with Nebbiolo to soften that grape's harsh tannins?

Chenin blanc

• Arbois is the only grape variety besides Chenin blanc permitted in the Loire Valley wine of Vouvray?