Wine consumers adore Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Shiraz, and cabernet sauvignon Malaysia. Or do not they? There's lots of talk today about grapes which are forgotten, local, uncommon, indigenous, you name it. Unexpectedly wine geeks are searching for grapes they have not heard of. Why? Are the globe trotter grapes I simply mentioned becoming dull? They definitely do not have to be. Simply open a bottle of Chablis and you'll discover that Chardonnay is lively in any way.

However, I concur, the unknown is exciting and daring. It was a fine, refined wine, enjoyable and quite drinkable and I only wish there were more like it. Cinsault is neither forgotten nor truly unknown but it's not much utilized as a dominant grape for a wine that is red. It's become a tiny little fashionable in Chile, where for example de Martino makes an interesting one in earthenware jars, amphora.

Another favourite is the wonderful named Len de l'El. That's in local dialect, in French it'd be Loin-de-l'Oeil (far from the eye). Domaine du Moulin makes a full bodied, quite fruity Len de l'El, mixed with a little Sauvignon Blanc.

The French region of Gaillac not far from Toulouse is heaven in the event you are into local grapes. Another favourite is the wonderful named Len de l'El. That's in local dialect, in French it'd be Loin-de-l'Oeil (far from the eye). Domaine du Moulin makes a full bodied, quite fruity Len de l'El, mixed with a little Sauvignon Blanc.