I've spoken about Meritage wines before and I knew that there was an association a winery had to join prior to using the Meritage name, but I never knew exactly what the standards were. I also did not know that you could make a white Meritage.

It is kind of cool to know what the rules (such as they are) for a Meritage wine are and to know what wineries in your state are Members. It is kind of a challenge, like trying to taste all of the Chateaus in Margaux, sampling all the Meritages in Virginia :).