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Anders Tørneskog Anders Tørneskog is offline
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"Steve Slatcher" > skrev i melding
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> Bobchai wrote:
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>>I never knew that pinot grigio
>> was being grown extensively in Germany

>
> It not unusual, but I am not sure how extensively it is grown. It is
> usually called Grauburgunder or, more traditionally, Ruländer. Never
> heard of one being sold as Pinot Grigio before.
>

Wein-Plus lists Pinot Gris (with synonyms Grauburgunder and Ruländer) as
comprising 4.3% of the growing area in Germany - 4.413 hectares - about
11.000 acres, I believe

Anders