A French wine trade war

Re:A French wine trade war by the-dude on Sunday August 27, 2017 @11:33AM (#15111172)

Are you aware most French / European wines are blends, while NZ/AU and South American are not?

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Re:A French wine trade war by cycrutchfield on Sunday August 27, 2017 @07:09PM (#15113318)

Most good wine in the world are blends. This is not scotch we are talking about

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Re:A French wine trade war by ironic_ali on Sunday August 27, 2017 @11:29PM (#15114236)

Unless you buy a single cask, all whisky is a blend of at least the casks in a distillery (in this case, single malt).

https://www.diffordsguide.com/encyclopedia/1119/bws/how-is-s...

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Re:A French wine trade war by anfractuosity on Sunday August 27, 2017 @07:19PM (#15113357)

I was wondering what blending means with respect to wine.

Does blending with wine means >1 grape variety is used, then just pressed and fermented?

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Re:A French wine trade war by cycrutchfield on Sunday August 27, 2017 @08:30PM (#15113622)

It's complicated, but in the simplest terms it means that more than one grape variety is used. Blends can be co-fermented or fermented separately and blended after the fact (the most common).

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Re:A French wine trade war by anfractuosity on Monday August 28, 2017 @08:54AM (#15116190)

Cheers, that's very interesting! I guess fermenting separately makes a lot of sense, then you get to control the taste by blending the two in different amounts.

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