Some wines are worth trying merely for their curiosity value. Ripassa is one such; this is another. Pinot Meunier is one of the obscurer grape varietals, though it ought to be better known, being one of the three grapes permitted??in Champagne. means to legend the grape was so named because the underside of its leaves seemed dusted with flour. (Do peasants really dream up these fancies, or do marketing men cynically invent them for the benefit of credulous townies? I often wonder.)
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The Merry Drinker
