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Default TN: moderately priced Australian Riesling

Nils wrote on Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:19:54 GMT:


> "Mike Tommasi" > skrev i meddelandet
> ...
>> Michael Pronay wrote:
>>> Mike Tommasi > wrote:
>>>> What about riesling-like varieties? The only good
>>>> Welschrieslings I have ever had were Austrian and
>>>> botrytized.
>>>
>>> Welschriesling is not "riesling-like", just as Tocai and
>>> Pinot Gris (formerly aka Tokay d'Alsace) are not
>>> "Tokaj-like".

>>
>> It shares 8 letters in the correct order :-)))


> The word "riesling" is not a grape variety ... and this is not
> a pipe.


This may be an attempt that I am missing to do a Magritte but others
would disagree with you about "riesling" not being a grape variety, for
example, http://www.winepros.org/wine101/grap...s/riesling.htm


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