This holiday season we want to help you discover and present new wine varieties; we think of them as unexpected wines from unexpected places. An unexpected wine is one that may be related to another style you enjoy but brings something new to the wine-drinking experience. It could even be a magical find, perhaps made with a rare grape. Maybe it's a wine that does a bit of aspirational traveling by way of the bottle. To help guide us through some lovely and unexpected wines, we turned to wine expert Madeline Puckette, creator/author of the Wine Folly website and Wine Folly: The Master Guide. She gave us the list below. Listen to Puckette's Splendid Table Selects interview with Managing Producer to learn more about these wines and food pairing suggestions.