In an early Kompas Club blurb now lost in the mists of time, we wrote about the 7% Solution, a series of tastings in the 2010s that sought to publicize and correct the purported fact that 93% of the vineyards in the North Coast AVA (Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino, Lake, Solano and San Francisco Counties) were dedicated to only eight varieties: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc, Syrah and Zinfandel. So we were planning to refer to the 7% Solution and celebrate that underdog grapes like the Italian varieties in the Giornata Il Campo Rosso have seemingly won the day, but finding evidence to back this impression has proved impossible. Nevertheless, being adventurous in one’s drinking and thereby encouraging production of more varieties is a good and important thing. Italy is roughly the same size as California yet it produces hundreds of different varieties into wondrous wines, dozens of which are world-renowned. So here’s to Brian and Stephie Terrizzi’s bold decision to produce only Italian varieties in their Paso Robles winery. The husband and wife team, he is the winemaker and she is the viticulturist, leaned on what Brian learned while working at Isole e Olena in Chianti and on their conviction that the climate and soils of Paso are well suited to many sun and heat loving Italian varieties. Giornata (Italian for a day’s work) has a small estate vineyard, but even when buying their grapes, they only use grapes organically farmed by Stephie. The 'Il Campo' Rosso is a Sangiovese blended with Barbera and Aglianico that goes through native fermentation and is aged in 25 hectoliter botti and stainless steel, thereby giving a transparent view of the grapes, terroir and vintage. Cherry, blood orange, licorice, flowers and mushrooms notes on a lively, medium-bodied frame makes this wine go with practically everything. Perfect for a potluck barbecue.