I’m not sure why I’m such a pedantic twit when it comes to wine grape names. I suppose it’s because all European grapes have a name that typically means something whether it’s the place they’re from (like Carignan/Carinyena) or describes their history appearance or taste like Plavac Mali or Escanyavella (“little blue” and “old lady strangler”, respectively.) The problem is that in this digital day and age, if these things are wrong, then it seems to me like history is being betrayed a little. Picapoll/Piquepoul My grape name bitchery starts […]
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