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The ground.
The way I heard it, the native American grapes, the nasty New England
ones, were the immune root stock. California was mostly planted with
true european grapes, on the theory that the nematode was only endemic
to europe. Wrong! The critters are eating up Napa as we speak, and
California growers are adapting the european habit of grafting
varietals onto Concord grape rootstock.
And that would be ... ?Ah? I'm a troll ? I just want to give Chirac what he deserves.
He probably drinks the Cru Beaujolais.
Not at all,
Politicians probably deserve some come-uppance,
but I doubt if they give a nano-dam about wine growers.
I have no quarrel with French wine growers, they make a fine product.
Though after the bombing of the rainbow warrior and the Balinese bombings,
I've always preferred my modest wealth to buy Kiwi and Aussie products.
Which are respectable choices on their own merits, I might add.
Let's just boycott politicians. They may have the finest morals that money
can buy, but they don't seem to be more than parasites.
I don't drink Beaujolais... I find it too weak-kneed, sort of like
wine-flavored water or mouth wash ;-)
In reds I prefer wines with considerable "tongue" such as Merlot,
Cabernet, Zinfandel or Shiraz.
Q: Do you know the difference between a connoisseur and a wino?
A: The connoisseur takes the bottle out of the paper sack.
Notwithstanding you're a little disjointed <snip>
Jim said:Don't waste your money supporting the French enemy. Buy American or
Aussie !-)
Jim Thompson said:Don't waste your money supporting the French enemy.
Iraq the world would likely be a considerably safer place than it is
now.
Good point. Most people don't know that French vineyards were
destroyed by rot and vine cuttings from California were sent to France
to re-plant them.
But you know how it is... we bad Americans never bail out the
Europeans ;-)
Jim Thompson said:Don't waste your money supporting the French enemy. Buy American or
Aussie !-)
...Jim Thompson
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Jim Thompson said:Interesting bit of trivia!
...Jim Thompson
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Jim Thompson said:I don't drink Beaujolais... I find it too weak-kneed, sort of like
wine-flavored water or mouth wash ;-)
In reds I prefer wines with considerable "tongue" such as Merlot,
Cabernet, Zinfandel or Shiraz.
Jim Thompson said:Ah? I'm a troll ? I just want to give Chirac what he deserves.
yeah Beaujolais nouveau isn't for red necks.
Best to keep fur us French.
Putting Merlot in the same class as Cabernet and Shiraz (Hermitage)
implies a certain lack of discrimination. He probably doesn't notice
the difference between Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon.