Malta?! Ok you tracked me out.
Who do I know that makes a Girgentina wine? Half the farmers of the
island.
And they make white wine in the same process as they make red wine. It
comes to a honey yellow
white, which is far away from the fruit wine that a white wine should
be.

Thanks for the varietal sugguestions. Syrah I have growing in another
field . Doing quite fine.
But my uncle sprays a lot of pesticides (and frankly dont know if they
need it). But it is his field. So!

As for training its true that in Malta we have torrid summer, however
we are surrounded by water,
which makes for a very humid climate. So a trellised setup saves me
from mold and backaches.
Most vineyards in malta have been converted to a trellised
installation successfully.

Most of the land will be kept with the old grapes. The new ones will
just be for my consumption. (100L annually of wine)