wow another bs us idea. as grapes weren't native to the us, where did they come from in the first place? France maybe Italy or germany. But certainly NOT TEXAN.
Yes, that's a well-known part of our wine history : American grape varieties saved the French vineyards from a certain death.
That being said, grape varieties are not everything when it comes to wine. In France, you never order a glass of Merlot or Sauvignon – too generic. As a French person, hearing Sauvignon or Merlot doesn't tell me much about the wine I'm about to taste. The main thing would be to know where it comes from. The terroir makes the difference – the most subtle and yet essential property of a wine. A Sauvignon wine from the Côtes-du-Rhône definably tastes different from the same variety grown in Burgundy, a few hundreds kilometers away. Burgundy is known to produce very different wines from the same tiny area – some being the finest of what France can make. Climate and soil, even in tiny local variations, makes the soul of wine.
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Maybe this is why the French hate Americans. They resent the fact that they're dependent on the USA for their famous wine.😂
This is wild! Who’d have thought?
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So, can we say French wine are also Texan wine
wow another bs us idea. as grapes weren't native to the us, where did they come from in the first place? France maybe Italy or germany. But certainly NOT TEXAN.
Yes, that's a well-known part of our wine history : American grape varieties saved the French vineyards from a certain death.
That being said, grape varieties are not everything when it comes to wine. In France, you never order a glass of Merlot or Sauvignon – too generic. As a French person, hearing Sauvignon or Merlot doesn't tell me much about the wine I'm about to taste. The main thing would be to know where it comes from. The terroir makes the difference – the most subtle and yet essential property of a wine. A Sauvignon wine from the Côtes-du-Rhône definably tastes different from the same variety grown in Burgundy, a few hundreds kilometers away. Burgundy is known to produce very different wines from the same tiny area – some being the finest of what France can make. Climate and soil, even in tiny local variations, makes the soul of wine.
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