I ran the comment you mentioned past William Woodruff of Chloe Imports from Seattle, WA on Saturday. He chuckled and said that the people of Bordeaux, Pommeral, Cotes Du Rhone and even Burgundy would be quite surprised to hear that people in France don't drink (or like) Merlot.
But he also confirmed that the merchant may have been referring to the fact that the French prefer their Merlot blended and that it is indeed very difficult to find Merlot as 100% of the bottle content. HTH > Generally in France Merlot is used as a blending grape, you won't tend > to find it by itself like you can from California or Washington, but > it is available. > > When I was last in Paris the wine shop dude told me nobody in France > > drinks Merlot. It's crap! He actually got mad when I asked for it. I > > always preferred the dryer Cabernet anyway but my wife liked Merlot > > and it's usually cheaper. > > > > Any thoughts on this, was he way off? -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:150491 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
