>> 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
Obviously you are right - it is a Magritte - the word "riesling" is not a
grape variety, while riesling is ... and the picture of a piep is not a
pipe, nor is the word pipe ... seriously, Welschriesling has nothing or very
little to do with riesling. The suffix Welsch- means "foreign" (cognate with
Wales, and the wal- in walnut), though today very archaic.
In Germany the Pinot meunier is sometimes called Schwarzriesling, BTW, to
add to the confusion.
HTH
Cheers
Nils