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Syrah - Oz cultural cringe?
In article >, says
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>Martin Field wrote:
>> Australian winemakers have a long history of cultural cringing - that is,
>> using European, mainly French names for their wines. Most finally stopped
>> this pathetic practice after being dragged into the late twentieth century
>> by litigation and international trade treaties.
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>Martin,
> Is there any move afoot to change the name of "Port" coming from
>Australia? As you say, the practice has been gradually phased out with
>other wines ("Sauternes" for starters) this one seems to be hanging on.
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>Mark Lipton
Mark,
When I posed just the same question to an Aussie winemaker, his answer was two
part:
1.) port-styled wines for export to EU, or that are part of an EU corporation,
have dropped the word "Port," from their labels, using instead, terms like "
Library Selection," etc.
2.) port-styled wines intended for OZ/US market, without constraints of EU
owners, board members, would continue to use the term, until the courts
decided otherwise.
It sounded OK to me, as I began seeing OZ port-styled wines with different
names, but the same bottle, wine, and mostly same label.
Any Aussie distributors know for sure?
Hunt
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