Unbelievable

[Thomas]

When I say viticultural research I mean, researchers do produce wine and then evaluate the results. Their evaluation takes into consideration not only if someone will buy the wine, but if the wine represents what it should in the region, and if the wine can be produced with consistency. This is done regularly with many grape varieties in many places--some get rooted out (pun intended [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif[/img]) others make the grade, for whatever reasons on which each regional authority agrees.

Fact remains Thraz, you are conjecturing from a media story. You don't know whether or not the French have research to back up their stringent rules on this one. I don't either, but I do prefer that research continue and that it halt potential wasteful wines.

White Zinfandel is a great example: it exists only because there was a need to get rid of surplus and Trinchero struck on a great idea. The grapes had already been established in California; he didn't change that--he just made a different wine from them.

As to the benefit to the wine industry posed by White Zinfandel--again, need facts and data to make a definitive claim.

[This message has been edited by foodie (edited 06-27-2005).]