Steve Slatcher > wrote:

[Field blends]

> It is not common these days.
>
> I recently heard that they still exist in Portugal - for the
> many varieties that go into Port for example, and table wines
> now.

There has always been "Gemischter Satz" (= field blend) in Vienna,
which very recently has grown extremely popular and has even been
recognized as a "Presidio" product by Slow Food. (Not that I'd
know what a "presidio product" might be, but everybody seems to
be quite proud about it.)

M.