Why don’t they make more ”vin de cepage” in France? Or put the grape variety on the label?

Skribent: Per Karlsson
2005-11-02

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Skribent: Per Karlsson
2005-11-02

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Article filed in: Nyheter » Why don’t they make more ”vin de cepage” in France? Or put the grape variety on the label?

You often hear the critique “Why don’t the French make more wines with the grape variety on the label? It would be so much more easy to understand!”.

Well, maybe for some: A survey has shown that only 42% of the French claims to have heard of the concept “vin de cepage” (wine sold under the grape variety name) and only 15% could give a correct example of such a vine.

The most common grape varieties cited were: Merlot (named by 3.6% of the respondents), Cabernet (2.8%), Chardonnay (2.1%) and Gamay (1.9%).

All according to La Journée Vinicole.

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Per Karlsson

Swedish. Per is co-founder together with his wife Britt of BKWine. Rumour has it that his interest in wine started already when he was 11. Just like Britt he visits some 200 wineries each year on wine tours and for journalistic research. He writes about wine primarily online on BKWine Magazine and in the BKWine Brief. Per is also a professional photographer, specialising in wine and travel photography. See BKWine Photography for more on this. Since a few years back he has also branched out into video production on the same subject. He has contributed all images, and some text, to BKWine’s wine books.

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