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[Innkeeper]

Seyval Blanc is a French/American hybrid that is very hardy and grown extensively east of the Rocky Mountains including in New York State. It can be made to resemble chardonnay, and unfortuately, like chardonnay, is frequently subjected to overdoses of oak. Semillion is a classic European wine grape that tastes sweet even when it's dry. It is blended with sauvignon blanc in Bordeaux and in America. It is blended with chardonnay in Australia and in America. It is also made into a wine by itself, particularly well in Washington State. Chardonnay is the most widely planted white European wine grape. Its home is Burgundy where it goes into many great wines such as Chablis, Rully, and Macon Villages. It is also grown in Italy, Spain, North America, and throughout the wine regions of the Southern Hemisphere. We like it best when it has no or very little exposure to oak as in the White Burgundies listed above, and in "unwooded" or "unoaked" chardonnay from other regions.


[This message has been edited by Innkeeper (edited 02-22-2004).]