Yeah, it said:
Riesling name has been tarnished by the attachment of its name to other
white varietals (Grey Riesling--aka Chaucé Gris--, Walschriesling--aka
Italian Riesling--, and Missouri Riesling) that are of far lesser quality
and genetically unrelated to the true Riesling.

Riesling is a grape variety, of course, the others too, in their way.

Anders

"James Silverton" > skrev i melding
...
> 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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> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland
>
> Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not