Among the peculiarities of wine tasting in Auvergne is the distinction made between the native gamay d'Auvergne grape and what many Auvergne winemakers confusingly refer to as "gamay du Beaujolais." By this they mean a variety (presumably clonal) of gamay relatively recently imported from the Beaujolais, and not, as one might infer from the syntax, gamay fruit harvested
AUVERGNE - François Dhumes, Orcet
AUVERGNE - François Dhumes, Orcet
AUVERGNE - François Dhumes, Orcet
Among the peculiarities of wine tasting in Auvergne is the distinction made between the native gamay d'Auvergne grape and what many Auvergne winemakers confusingly refer to as "gamay du Beaujolais." By this they mean a variety (presumably clonal) of gamay relatively recently imported from the Beaujolais, and not, as one might infer from the syntax, gamay fruit harvested