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Old Aug 21, 2009 | 10:53 pm
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number_6
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I find wine making style and terroir far more interesting than the grape variety. Thus for me knowing that it is a Banyul, for example, is much more interesting than knowing that it is made from grenache, carignan, malvoisie, macabeau or muscat grapes. Bonus points for pre-phylloxera rootstock.
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