Steve Slatcher > wrote in
:
> On 20 Sep 2004 19:19:50 GMT, amnspam (Dale Williams)
> wrote:
>
>>You might not be able to remember where Pommard
>>is, but somewhere on label it says "red burgundy wine". Just as a
>>Pomerol will say Bordeaux somewhere on label. 
>
> ?????
>
> Maybe on bottles labelled for the US market, but not over here. Or is
> that what your smiley is all about?
YOu are right, US bottles reflect the larger area (Pommard as Red Burgudny
wine for example (I just checked in my collection the US bought bottles say
it the French bought wines, don't)))
>
> If I were to have a rant about French labelling it would be precisely
> over this. And I think the French are harming their market when only
> the cheaper Appellations proclaim themselves as Bordeaux or Bourgogne.