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And will ye nae be tellin' us aboot that grate spoRRtsman, Lafitter, who
gied his name to the castle Lafitte? I hae nae finded a wae tae wark in the
Rotschild into't, but I'm aye woRRking on't ...
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"Mike Tommasi" > skrev i meddelandet
...
> The real etymology:
>
> Cabernet refers to a game that had developed in Aquitaine a few decades
> before the 1855 classification of the local crus. At the time there was a
> large scottish community, and when the caber ******* met with the local
> football players, they decided to replace the ball with a large stick. The
> ******* had to chuck the big stick (actually a tree trunk) into each
> other's net, hence the name "caber-net" (pron: cay-behr-net). When the
> french ******* scored, it was called a caber-net franc. When the scottish
> ******* scored, it was called a caber-net sauvignon (they were considered
> wild men, and their mascot was a cat that was often caught peeing on the
> caber). The players of this novel game were reputedly very strong from all
> the tossing, so they always were picked to do the local vendange. They
> were an eager lot, and even introduced the notion of "batonnage" - they
> could not resist tossing even in the chai. In their honour, the local
> grapes were named after their favourite game.
>
> By the way, the "petit verdot" was named after the habit the scottish
> ******* had of asking for a "petit verre d'eau" after each score. The
> french drank wine instead, insisting that the water was no good, every
> time they scored they would drink a glass of wine and loudly intone "merde
> l'eau", thus naming that other great grape of the region.
>
>
> Nils Gustaf Lindgren wrote:
>> This might be true as there is an alternative spelling, carbenet,
>> according to some of the dictionaries.
>> Just one thing though - neither CabSauv nor CabFranc are coal black ...
>>
>> I guess I'll just have it down as etymology unknown and waffle a bit.
>>
>> I am preparaing a lecture on Cab Sauv for the tastevins rookies, that's
>> why, in case you are curious.
>>
>> Cheers and thanks for taking an interest
>>
>> Nils
>>
>> "Anders Tørneskog" > skrev i meddelandet
>> ...
>>> The Cabernet Sauvignon is a cross between Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon
>>> Blanc...
>>> Cabernet might be from "Carbonet" - "Coalblack" according to Wein-plus
>>> glossary
>>>
>>> Anders
>>>
>>> "Nils Gustaf Lindgren" > skrev i
>>> melding ...
>>>> Hello,
>>>> Delving into wine history I come upon a conundrum, namely, the name
>>>> cabernet. I find it recorded, for Cabernet Sauvignon, first in 1736
>>>> (earlier apparently it was called petit vidure). However, I find no
>>>> indication of the provenience of the word "cabernet". Sauvignon, OTOH,
>>>> would indicate somthing wild, sauvage - untrue, as the grape is a
>>>> crossing, most likely form the vineyard, but, udnerstandable.
>>>> Does anybody know?
>>>>
>>>> TIA
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>> Nils
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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> Mike Tommasi - Six Fours, France
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