Mat <Ask@me> wrote:

> There are a lot of good wines coming out of Oz in varieties you
> might not expect, pinot noir [Tasmanian pinot noir is really
> taking off, and the Yarra Valley is always very strong],

Now that you say it, I remember having tasted y fabulous pinot
some years ago. Can't remember the name, though :-(

> riesling, marsanne, sav blanc,

Can anybody tell me why sa_u_vignon (the first syllable pronounced
"soh") is so frequently abbreviated to "sav"?

> tokay [muscadelle for our Hungarian friends],

No wonder we haven't seen this - no chance to market it under the
name of "tokay" in Europe!

> ... We have wine makers like Brown Brothers and a lot of other
> operations who will happily give anything a crack just to see
> what happens.

Yeah - Brown Brothers: Had dinner with them here in Vienna. I
remember quite a good sparkler, a fine sauvignon, and a stunning
riesling. (The reds were very good, too, but that was nothing new
to me.)

M.