That there are 10,000 grape varieties in the world is daunting. That there are also the countless synonyms, madness. Here is the story of but one finding new a new life in the modern age. The curtains pull back and we find that our protagonist, Malvasia de Sitges, a former star in the Penedès region of Catalunya, Spain, is suffering from a case of the synonyms. It may at first seem like ‘yet another’ Malvasia (there are many) to remember but we’re to learn that it’s a variety many have […]

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