A good educator reins in an unwieldy topic by breaking it into manageable, relatable chunks. Consider Italian wine. Here's an example of why the category is notoriously difficult to grasp: abbuoto, abrusco, acitana, addoraca, aglianico, aglianicone, albana, albanella, albanello bianco, albaranzeuli bianco, albaranzeuli nero, albarola, albarossa, aleatico, alionza, ancellotta, arilla, arneis.

Those unfamiliar words are names of grapes starting with the letter a, in an alphabetical list that includes over 2,000 varieties.

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