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Label Listing

Labels are listed by unusual name or grape variety.

Unusual Labels	38 Countries, 5 US states
Adventures of Zinskey African Legend Amber Forever Ballet of Angels Bearitage Benito Mussolini Big House Big Mamma's Blasted Church Bloody Good White Bored Doe Bullamakanka Bulls Blood Bully Hill Ca de Solo Cape Maidens Camp Cardinal Zin Cataclysm Cat's Leap Cats Pee on a Gooseberry Bush Ceci n'est pas un Carignan Century Selection Chardonalien Chat-en-Oeuf Cleavage Creek Cletrac Tractors Dances on your Palate Devil Head Dogs Bollocks Dynamite Eye of the Toad Fat Bastard Festival of Clowns Fiat Door Flying Pig Frogs Piss Full Monte George Best Grape Brain Grenashe Goat Roti Goats do Roam Grand Lancy FC Greenwich Millennium Gridiron Cuvee Hair of Dingo Happy Camper Houghton's White Burgundy H.W.B Ideal with Friends Il Piscatore Italian Job Kenwood Kissed Kiwi Cuvee Lazy Lizard Les Amoureux Love my Goat Luxters Dessert Mad Housewife Marge'n'Tina Marilyn Merlot Michaela and Stefan Original Z Old Git Old Tart Paddarotti Party 1999 Pignoletto Prosperity Ptomaine des Blageurs Recall Red Red Chardonnay Robert de Serbie Rude Boy Rude Girl Santa's Reserve Scraping the Barrel Silly Mid On SinZin Screw Kapa Napa Smoking Parrot Spatzendreck St Columbas College Stu Pedasso Sweet Pigs (Cochon Mignon) Shushiwine T'ej Ten Degrees 10th Anniversary Therapy Three Choirs Tolley White Valley Two Frogs Under the Table Up a Gum Tree Unpronounceable Grape Utter Bastard Tiny Bubbles Vampire Merlot Van Der Table Van Rouge Vin d'Glace Werhmacht Reserve What the Dickens White PointER Wine & Recipe Selection White Trash Y2K YN Zind Zondernaam	Argentina Fermantina Maipu Mendoza Mendoza Mendoza Armenia Vajots Australia Australia Barossa Valley Rutherglen South Australia Victoria Austria Kremstel Wachau Valley Belgium Belgium Bulgaria Assenovgrad Petrich Sliven Canada British Columbia Ontario Ontario Ontario Ontario Chile Maipo Maipo China China Shandong Czech Republic Frankovka England Norfolk Cambridgshire Gloucestershire Gloucestershire Gloucestershire France Alsace Cote de Frontonnais Cote du Rhone D'Oc D'Oc D'Oc D'Oc Epernay Jardin de France L'Herault Loire Germany Monchberg Pflaz Pfalz Rheinhessen Rheinhessen Stadecken-Elsheim Wurtenburg Georgia (CIS) Kakheti Greece Naoussa Unknown Hungary Balantan Neszmely Zenit Zweigelt Indonesia Bali Israel Tekoa Italy Abruzzo Avellina Custoza Pugia Pugia Pugia Romagna Rotaliano Sud-Tirol Verona Lebanon Bekaa Luxembourg Elbling Malta Girgentina Mexico Baja California Montenegro Montenegro Morocco Beni M'Tir Netherlands Netherlands New Zealand East Coast Portugal Estremadura Rias Baixas Beira Romania Transylvania Slovenia Traminec South Africa Cape Coastal Region Malmesbury Paarl Paarl Stellenbosch Stellenbosch Stellenbosch Swartland Western Cape Western Cape Spain Extremadura Graciano Jumilla La Mancha Madrid Manchueta Penedees Utiel Utiel-Requena Switzerland Valais Valais Valais Thailand Chao Phraya River Chao Phraya Tunisia Sidi Salem Ukraine Odessa Uruguay Las Violetas USA - California Alexander Valley Calaveras California California California Carmel Valley Cienega Valley Contra Costa County Los Gatos Madera Monterey Napa Valley Napa Valley Napa Valley Russian River Santa Cruz Santa Ynez Sonoma Sonoma USA - Other Connecticut Florida Minnesota Missouri New Hampshire New York New York New York New York Texas Texas
Unusual Varieties
Agiorgitiko Aglianco Albalonga Albarino Alicante Bouschet Amigne Arbane Areni Arneis Bacchus Baco Noir Baga Black Muscat Bobal Bonarda Berlinka Bobal Cabernet Sauvignon Cagnina Caladoc Canadice Carignan Carlos Carmenere Catarratto Cayuga Cesar Chambourcin Charbono Chasan Chardonnay Chenin Blanc Colombard Cortese Corvino Cserszegi Fuszeres Cynthiana Dornfelder Durif Elbling Fendant Fiano Flora French Colombard Gamay Noir Droit Gamba de Pernice Garganega Girgentina Golden Grapes Graciano Grand Vidure Greco Puglia Gros Manseng Gruner Veltiner Hanepoot Humagne Rouge Kekfrankos Lagrein Lemberger Macabeo Malaga Blanc Marechal Foch Marselan Matrassa Mauzac Mavrud Melnik Mencia Merlot Misket Mission Monastrell Muscat de Frontignon Mustang Napa Gamay Negrette Nero d'Avola nosiola Nouvelle Norton Orange Muscat Ortega Parellada Petite Arvine Petite Verdot Palomino Pardina Parellada Petite Sirah Petrich Phoenix Picpoul Pinot Meunier Pinot Noir Pinotage Pontac Portugieser Primitivo Ravat 51 Refosk/Refosco Regner Riesling Rivaner Rkatsiteli Sauvignon Blanc Saperavi Savignan Schonburger Sciaglin Seibel Shiraz Siegerrebe St George St Laurent Stover Symphony Syrah Tannat Tarrango Tempranillo Teroldego Tinta Barocca Tinta Cao Tinta de Toro Torrontes Traminec Traminette Trincadeira Trollinger Trousseau Valdiguie Verdelet Verdelho Vermentino Vermentino Nero Vidal Viura Vranac Graciano Xinomavro Zenit Zinfandel Zweigelt

Article Listing

Wine travel

Amador, Napa & Sonoma

Pinotage, Zinfandel, Mission and other interesting and unusual wines in Northern California.

Finger Lakes

There's some sixty wineries in New York state's Finger Lakes region and Pete tries to taste wine from as many as he can. Plenty of tasting notes and links. This is on another site and will display in a new window

New England Triangle

Three wineries in three New England states.

Niagara Peninsula

Ontario's Niagara peninsula is home to forty wineries making world class wine and world beating ice wine.

South Africa

Three recommended wine trips from Cape Town. this is on another site and will display in a new window

Temecula

Cruising California's Compact Wine Country.

Texas

Texas isn't only cactus and cowboys. This is on another site and will display in a new window

Varieties and Wines

Aurora to Zweigelt - tasting Finger Lakes many Varieties

I found 47 different varieties used by 60 wineries in New York State.

Varietals - When is a Varietal not a Varietal, and What is a Varietal anyway?

Common business practice or cheating? What does varietal really mean and are they better than a blend?

Cabernet Sauvignon - King of the World

The Cabernet Sauvignon grape is a small tough skinned black berry that makes superb red wine everywhere it is grown.

A Black Cock Guarantees Satisfaction.

The best Chianti has the sign of a black cockerel on its neck, but how did it come to represent Chianti?

Fume Blanc

How and why did phenomenal Fume Blanc get its name?

Merlot

Merlot is popular now, but until recently was considered the poor relation of its close relative Cabernet Sauvignon.

Niagara

Paul Bulas discusses one of his favourite hybrid varieties

Petite Sirah / Petite Syrah

What really is Petite Sirah? Dennis Fife, owner of Fife Vineyards, explains how this successful grape came to America and how the Rhône varietal movement in America can benefit."

Shiraz and Syrah - Why Two Names for the Same Grape?

How come there are two names in use for this famous grape?

Zinfandel - California's twin champion

California's own grape is a winner in two colours

Miscellaneous

Anelia Pavlova's Queen of Clubs

This bare breasted Queen of Clubs on a wine label caused the wine to be banned from north America.

Champagne

Peter May looks at Champagne and how to use a sabre to open bottles in this article orginally published in Wine and Cuisine magazine. (August 2005)

Magnetic Magic or Mystic Myth?

Does the Perfect Sommelier age wine? Perfect Sommelier was one of the first magnetic wine aging devices on the market. We give it a thorough test and reach a conclusion.

Make Your Own Labels

Tom Pelick shows how you can make personal, exciting and unusual wine labels, with many examples.

May Day and the Maypole

May Day is my favourite holiday - read about its history.

Pink Mystery of Sex

Peter May meets wine makers from Connecticut and Michigan and encounters liquid sex in this article orginally published in Wine and Cuisine magazine. (August 2005)

Removing Labels

Some tried and tested methods for getting those pesky labels of the bottle.

Rogov's Guide to Israeli Wines 2005

- Reviewed.

Storing Wine on its Side

The pundits say you have to, but is it really necessary? Nick Alabaster shares the results of a five year experiment.

Tame Your Sommelier During Wine Ordering

Do you dread ordering wine in a swish restaurant? Does the sommelier overawe you? Here are some techniques to put you back in charge and help you tame your sommelier.

Tame Your Sommelier During Wine Service

What do you do with the cork after the sommelier opens the bottle and hands it to you? If you find the entire bottle opening ritual oppressive read this.

Wine & Food Matching is bunk

Don't worry about what wine goes with a dish, choose something you enjoy because food and wine matching is not a science. It's all bunk!

What's in a Name?

Using old world names on new world wines can no longer be justified

Whats in your wine?

Why aren't ingredients listed on a bottle of wine? Because its illegal, but the Co-op are leading the way by ignoring regulations.

Wine for Romance

Only one wine guarantees success when wooing!

Winery Names

Ever wondered about how a winery came by its name?

Y2K

Remember all the fuss about year 2000? This is how the wine trade celebrated the date.

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