On Fri, 3 Jun 2005 09:42:07 -0700, "Tim O'Connor"
> wrote:

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>"Not the Karl Orff" > wrote in message
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>>I went to a wine tasting dinner that featured wines from a small B.C.
>> producer. The 1st wine was a 2004 pinot gris that had a good blush
>> colour from being left on the skins. At any rate, without any alcohol
>> burn feel, the wine 16% alcohol. Isn't that abnormally high for a white
>> wine? I don't think it was fortified or chapelised.
>
>I would say that it is high for a BC wine. Can you tell me the name of the
>producer? Has it already been released?

Nichol No

>IIRC the 2004 summer started off quite warm but then August was cool and
>from September on it was pretty normal. Unless this was a late harvest wine
>I find it surprising that the alcohol is so high. I haven't seen any
>alcohols that high in the 2003's, which was a very warm vintage.

If it is late harvest, they don;t say so and it doesn't taste like it
is