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Martin Field[_2_] Martin Field[_2_] is offline
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Default Weird wine names

Just received a sample from d'Arenberg wines - yet to try. The name is

"Noble Botryotinia ****elinia"

a semillon sauvignon blanc blend.

Thought it was a joke at first but Wikipedia says
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botryotinia_****eliana

"Botryotinia ****eliana is a plant pathogen, and the causal agent of gray
mold disease.
The specific epithet was named by mycologist Heinrich Anton de Bary in honor
of another mycologist, Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb Leopold ****el.
This species is better known as its anamorph, Botrytis cinerea."

Cheers!

Martin