Some recent news just flashed though my inbox reporting that the repugnant grape Gouais blanc has turned out to be the mother of a wealth of highly regarded offspring including Chardonnay, Gamay Noir, Aligoté, Auxerrois and Melon. Gouis, as well as being an obviously pretty frisky little number was the subject of much derision in Europe as far back as the Middle Ages and there were even several high-profile attempts to have its cultivation banned! Ive had the unfortunate experience of tasting a Swiss wine made from this grape and have to say that if has such good DNA under its disguise, It must have been a very good disguise! Heres a tough hypothetical; if you were a grape variety, would you copulate with ugly Gouais, even if it did mean having great looking kids? Full story here.Nic@
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