"Mark Lipton" > wrote in message
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> Steve Slatcher wrote:
>> Mike Tommasi wrote:
>
>>
>> More seriously, I am not sure I understnd your point about southern
>> areas needing to blend varieties. Were you thinking specifically of
>> Bordeaux? What examples do you have in mind?
>>
>
> Well, the S Rhone Valley is replete with blends and most Italian reds
> were historically blends (I think). The thinking is that, by blending,
> one can make up for the deificiencies of one variety with another; why
> that should be more prevalent in the southern areas has to do with the
> reduced acidity found in hotter growing regions (maybe).


surely not just making up for deficiencies but sometimes taking advantage
of synergies?

pk