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From: "Cotty"
Subject: Re: Some Grandfather Mountain Questions
Same here. Chateauneuf du Pape is pretty special though, but like most
wines it entirely depends on the vintage.
The home wine making industry in Canada is pretty good about aquiring decent
juice. One of my favourites is Grenache, which is the primary varietal in
Chateau Neuf du Pape, though I believe there may be as many as eleven
varietals allowed in that wine.
For quite a while, ox blood was added to the wine to give it the nice deep
colour it is known for.
I think I gave a bottle of the stuff to Tom C, or else we snuffed a bottle
of it at our campsite, I don't quite recall.
I have to say that I'm a bit of wine snob and rarely touch anything that
doesn't come from France, with 2 notable exceptions: rioja from Spain,
I've had some very nice Rioja, though I've also had one that tasted like
toad droppings.
and a few dry whites from Italy.
I'm pretty fond of Verdiccio.
Come to think of it, the only wines I haven't liked are the Reisling
varieties that taste like battery acid.
William Robb
