Pinot Bianco’s undiscovered potential

Indigenous varieties are all the rage at the moment in the wine world [ahem, did I tell you about our book Wine Grapes? we just won our seventh major award for it – JR], and we are the richer for that, because wine is all about variety. At the same time it seems that I have turned a blind eye to the international varieties, because often I feel that, although they occasionally can be outstanding, they do not always convey a sense of place as clearly as local varieties. Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon, especially, seem to put such an...