Most people who drink wine on a regular basis have their favorite varieties. Most of us tend to stick with these grapes for years or decades, rarely straying from the familiar.
More adventuresome wine people like trying wines from places they didn't know existed or from grapes they know nothing about. Depending on where you live, there may be a whole range of local wines that are nonmainstream.
Various regions of the country have weather patterns that preclude growing traditional wine grapes. In some areas the only grapes that will grow consistently to make wine are those that are hybrids or crosses between various genetic lines that are bred to deal with Mother Nature's nastiest vineyard problems.
Updated: Thu Jan 12, 2023