[PW] Re: Blended white wine?

[Ellen Cousins]

A wine expert of my acquaintance sends this response:

"encépage"  or perhaps, "encépagement."

Colloquially,  encépages = the mix of different grape varieties that are
blended to make a particular wine (red, white or rosé).  When sommeliers
or wine makers are making chit chat you often hear them talking about
the make up of a specific wine, made from one or more grape varieties,
as the "encépage."

However, at least in France, the word "encépagement" is more correctly
applied not to the varietal composition of a wine, but rather to the
proportions of different vine varieties planted in a vineyard.

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HTH

Ellen C.

Bob Boyce wrote:
> Hello fellow wombats-- I have a patron who wants to know what a white
> wine, blended from two different kinds of grapes, is called. She
> believes it starts with an "e." This is not a proprietary name, she
> says. Please reply directly to me, I'm not on the Stumpers list. 
> Thank you!
> 
> Bob Boyce Reference Department, Lincoln NE City Libraries 
> r.boyce at LincolnLibraries.org
> 
>