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Blame the Turks?

Evan Rail offers a nice travelogue from his trip to Tokaj, and provides yet another answer to the question why winemakers started harvesting after noble rot took hold of their grapes. It is a good read — and provides an interesting idea. A trip to tokaj anyone? Here is the link.

I chuckled reading this

Given enough time, I hoped to visit the nearby village of Mad …

And here is a map

http://www.langdale-associates.com/hungary_2005/week_5/maps/week_5.jpg

from Hungarian Rhapsody

which adds this helpful insight about wine making in Tokaj

Summer warmth is trapped in the volcanic soil, allowing a delayed harvest until October, by which time many of the grapes are overripe and botrytized

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One Response to “Blame the Turks?”

  1. h Says:
    July 24th, 2010 at 2:44 pm

    I k n o w that you do not love me, but the ordinary people just don’t, and are manipulated, and boycott me. Interesting, how does it feel to be boycotted for 10 yrs?

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