It will be made with 10,000 new varieties of grapes.

Winemaker Randall Grahm — the founder of Bonny Doon Vineyard in Santa Cruz, Calif. — has launched an Indiegogo campaign to create the first New World Grand Cru. A Grand Cru is a regional classification of wine that denotes “the highest-quality vineyard areas.” Grahm hopes to transform the “unique terroirs” of his Popelouchum Estates in San Juan Bautista, Calif. into a vineyard that achieves the designation.

“If anyone could do it Randal Graham could.”

To do this, he plans to breed 10,000 grape varieties that have not existed before and blend them into a new wine. The campaign explains: “The intention of the breeding program is to incorporate

via Ambitious Winemaker Aims to Create First New World Grand Cru – Eater.