French Grapes Grown in Different Climates

It is interesting to see grapes native to and grown inHow come if that was cool and OK, the Italians don't
different parts of France, grown in a completelygrow Cabernet Sauvignon grapes in Piedmont Italy?
different climate than the climate of the origins ofHave you ever wondered about that?
the grapes, in different parts of the world.You mean the French with their exceptional talent
When a Syrah grape which is native to the Rhonecan produce highly impressive wines using their native
region of France, that has a humid and colder climate,grapes in their own country and the Americans or
grown in California that has a dry and warmerSouth Africans can't? They have to use French
climate, and a completely different terrain, how couldgrapes to make wines in California? Pinot Noir from
you expect anything comparable to the original Syrahthe cold climate of Burgundy grown in a hot and dry
from it's native origin. How could you expect theclimate of California?
same taste. Why would the wine made with thatNo my friends, even though my favorite wines are
grape in California have anything to do with Rhone.from France and Italy because they are mostly
Why not use native California, or other regionalsmooth and delightful in taste, and rarely have any
grapes for that matter, to make wines that areafter taste like many California wines, I think we can
original to that region? Why do we need Frenchmanage to use our own native grapes using the
grapes necessarily to make wines in the U.S. or other"French" technology to produce decent regional
parts of the world?wines.