NOVELTY - A wood pellet comprises: a lubricant; grape vine particles, where the grape vine particles are from grape plant vines of at least one of cabernet sauvignon, pinot noir, merlot, and chardonnay; and wood particles, where the grape vine particles and the wood particles are mixed with the lubricant, and the wood pellet is free from wood oil.    USE - As wood pellet (claimed) used for cooking to impart a smoked wood and a wine/grape flavor to food.    ADVANTAGE - The wood pellet is free from wood oil. Food cooked over such pellets exhibits flavors similar to the wines typically made from the grape plants that produced the grape vines. The pellet produces a smoked wood and wine flavor that can be transferred to food while cooking. The wood pellet can impart different types of smoked wine flavors depending on the grape vine used. Thus, the pellets can provide a wide range of smoked wine flavors to food to satisfy a variety of personal taste preferences.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for making wood pellets from wood particles, involving either method (m1) which involves: mixing wood particles, grape vine particles, and a lubricant; heating the mixture of the wood particles, the grape vine particles, and the lubricant to at least 100 degrees C; and forming the mixture of the wood particles, the grape vine particles, and the lubricant into a pellet, where the mixture is without wood oil; or method (m2) which involves reducing a base wood into wood particles; reducing a base grape vine into grape vine particles, where the grape vine particles are from grape plant vines of at least one of cabernet sauvignon, pinot noir, merlot, and chardonnay; mixing the wood particles and the grape vine particles with a lubricant; and compressing the mixture of the wood particles, the grape vine particles, and the lubricant into pellets, where the method does not include mixing wood oil with at least one of the wood particles, the grape vine particles, and the lubricant.