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Coriole in McLaren Vale has been making a very drinkable and reasonably priced Chenin Blanc for as long as I have been living in South Australia (32 years). Bring on the King George Whiting or some squid!

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Great notes Darby! I loved your line "every Hooray Henry in London decided this was a good way to exhibit their talent for pretentiousness" I like this quote I found on the web too:."Gamay has been victimised for some time, with it anecdotally vanquished from Burgundy proper in the 14th century by the irate Duke of Burgundy, who described it in eerily Trumpian fashion as “a very bad and disloyal plant.”"

On another variety, and I know you are trying to be humourous, "Welschriesling - another synonym for Grasevina. Maybe it pairs well with leeks." The origin of "Welsch" and also Wales is "Romantish". Depending on who you ask it might have come from Italy or not.

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