Wine of the Day, No. 812: "American White Wine"? What Is It?

The Vara Wines Albariño 2021 carries an American designation. This is an unusual indication of appellation that I have seen only a few times during my writing about wine for almost 40 years. It means that the grapes for the wine were grown in one state and trucked to a different state where the wine was made. In this case, the grapes derive from the Saw…