Salut/Hi Michael Pronay,

le/on 10 May 2004 06:03:38 GMT, tu disais/you said:-

>"Tom S" > wrote:
>
>> Do Europeans even grow something sold as Zinfandel,
>
>Yes. I have seen an Italian Zinfandel here in Austria (don't
>remember name/producer, but it wasn't bad),

Thanks for confirming that.

> and one Austrian grower (Forstreiter in Krems) produced his first vintage in 2001
>(rubbish, imnsho, he should stick to Riesling and Grüner Veltliner where he's much better).

Chuckle. From what I've seen of the grape, it needs a LOT of sun, so perhaps
even in Krems, the grape is underexposed. Of course it could also be a
simple matter of young vines too.

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