On 6/11/21 20:30, Simon Poole wrote:

Yes, Gruyère is a cheese, it's named after the town of Gruyères see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruy%C3%A8res, very nice place BTW. That's why I was wondering :-), but I suppose the dairy industry explains it.

I think Wikipedia is wrong on this one. It's probably named after the town because that's where one of the early big landholders was from:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_de_Castella

Turns out the de Castella family is still in the wine industry:

http://www.jeanpaulsvineyard.com.au/

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