Across
3.California valley north of San Pablo Bay easy
7.California valley west of Napa medium
8.Astringent compound that dries the palate medium
10.Argentine red grape medium
11.Fortified Portuguese wine medium
13.1.5L bottle easy
15.Spanish red region medium
18.Dry, said of Champagne easy
20.Wine professional hard
21.Plummy red, often blended with Cabernet easy
25.Tuscan red, often in a fiasco medium
26.Powerful Nebbiolo-based Italian red medium
28.Matured in barrel or bottle easy
29.Rhône red — Shiraz Down Under easy
Down
1.Spanish sparkling wine easy
2.Piedmont grape behind Barolo hard
4.Noir, Grigio, or Blanc prefix easy
5.Complex aroma developed with aging medium
6.Bordeaux red grape medium
9.Wine's smell from the grape easy
12.French Cab-Merlot region medium
14.Beaujolais grape easy
16.Sparkling Italian region easy
17.Sense of place expressed in a wine hard
19.Aromatic German white grape medium
22.Spent yeast after fermentation easy
23.Grape plant easy
24.Steely white from northern Burgundy hard
25.Stopper pulled at the table easy
27.Barrel wood adding vanilla notes easy