On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:46:27 -0700, Ken Blake
> wrote:

>On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:08:22 +0100, IanH > wrote:
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>> Anyway, I guess you have travelled abroad enough to know that Grüner
>> Veltliner, whether powerful or not is almost unknown in restaurants
>> outside Austria, more's the pity.
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>Here in the USA, or at least in Tucson where I live, it's far from
>being unknown. Not every restaurant has it on its wine list, but
>several of them do.

That's very interesting, because since I've known Michael and since
the tasting he gave me, I've tended to look out for the grape, and see
it VERY rarely. You're fortunate. I'd not expect to find it here in
France, but it's not common in the UK either.
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All the best
Fatty from Forges