Great Obscure Wines

As soil and temperatures change, the areas that grow the best grapes are also changing.

Armenian wine is unexpectedly good. Dmitry Baburin 2/Shutterstock

In the coming two decades, American wine lovers surely will face dozens of interesting wines made from grape varieties they’ve never heard of before, mainly as a result of climate change.

This is not a surprise to people who today are harvesting cabernet, chardonnay and sauvignon blanc. These people know climate change is forcing them to rethink which grapes will make the best wines in their regions.