I suspect our little trattoria will find Calafornian Zinfandel at 10p a bucket will make better financial sense.

Well, if that happens I will simply pass on some comments from the Wines of the World course I went on a couple of years ago. The lecturer (who is French) thought there were some great American wines, but not from California. However, almost every state has vineyards. I have found some very pleasant bottles from Oregon and Washington State, for example.