Grapes & Wines: A comprehensive guide to varieties and flavoursAn exhilarating wine book No serious wine lovers library is complete without it Wine Spectator Grapes & Wines is the key to enjoying modern wine. Approaching wine through grapes is in tune with the way consumers now think and learn about wine. Most wines, especially those from the Americas, Australasia and South Africa, are now sold under the name of the grape variety used rather than under the old European system of chateau and appellation name.