[Christien]

Interesting story I've heard about Pinots. While they're produced all over the world, only the Pinots you get from Washington and Niagara are pure pinots. Everywhere else (most notably California, Australia and New Zealand) they're cut with another grape, usually shiraz. Apparently this is to give the wine more body and colour. Our Pinots from Niagara are among my favourite wines from anywhere in the world, but they are definitely a lighter wine, and quite orange in colour.

A good one here will set you back $20-30. For $30-40 you can get a knock-out. Beyond that I don't see much improvement in flavour, but I'm hardly the best judge of that. Wine here is about 150-200% the price that it is in the US,.