Midlife > wrote in :



> Thanks, but maybe I should clarify a bit. I do understand how the
> French system works, I just can't seem to commit the
> AOC-to-grape-variety formulas to memory. I was hoping someone could
> offer a trick or two.
>
> It's likely to be as simple as the Visa card US Olympic TV commercials
> last month: "How do you get to the 2004 Summer Olympics? ......
> Practice!.... Practice!..... Practice!".
>
>
Yes, we do it the old fashioned way, we learn it! Other than looking it up
in a book there is no other way. Unless you know Cahors=Malbec or
Rhone=Syrah (Unless it is southern and Grenache) then you can't figure it
out without a scorecard. What happens is you learrn which style you like
and then the grape varietal doesn't really matter. If you like St Emilion
as opposed to St.Estephe there is a reason but does it matter?