tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186713985692800160.post64054353430276866..comments2024-03-27T23:35:48.288+11:00Comments on Gourmet on the Road: Travelling, eating and drinking with Winsor Dobbin: Margaret River winemaker starts an international stoush Winsor Dobbinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15212861404097138307noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186713985692800160.post-60744686658368366752017-08-23T10:17:52.385+10:002017-08-23T10:17:52.385+10:00Thanks for the article Windsor. Why would a wine...Thanks for the article Windsor. Why would a wine producer in Chile even contemplate calling a wine a Margaret River Chardonnay?<br />It would surely be a Chilean Chardonnay – a grape variety which of course Chile already produces and already has a great reputation for – as do the French, New Zealanders, Californians and Italians.<br />A Margaret River Pisco would hardly be likely to come from Chile – or even Peru – for that matter.<br />And given that those two South American countries can’t resolve their own appellation arguments over the origin of Pisco it seems to us that the way is wide open for us to call our version of Pisco, a Margaret River Pisco.<br />All over Australia we are seeing gin, brandy, vodka and whisky or even whiskey if you like, being manufactured without the Scots, Irish, Americans, Polish, Russians, Dutch, Italians or Fins getting all hot and bothered about it.<br />If you know your Piscos, why don’t you give our Margaret River Pisco a try? We’re sure you’ll like it – and will recognise that it is a Margaret River Pisco and not a Chilean or Peruvian Pisco.<br />And as a wine spirit it definitely falls into the Pisco category rather than the very generic Aguardiente group of spirits.<br />I’m not taking the death threats too seriously, just more social media trolls getting themselves far too wound up<br />And we’re happy to leave Chablis to the French and Sherry to the Spanish.<br />Margaret River Pisco tells you exactly what we are making.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16405362239635995065noreply@blogger.com