Hello, Delving into wine history I come upon a conundrum, namely, the name cabernet. I find it recorded, for Cabernet Sauvignon, first in 1736 (earlier apparently it was called petit vidure). However, I find no indication of the provenience of the word "cabernet". Sauvignon, OTOH, would indicate somthing wild, sauvage - untrue, as the grape is a crossing, most likely form the vineyard, but, udnerstandable. Does anybody know?
TIA
Cheers
Nils
The Cabernet Sauvignon is a cross between Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc... Cabernet might be from "Carbonet" - "Coalblack" according to Wein-plus glossary
Anders
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I don't know if it makes sense, but Gabernet is a common surname, looking at Facebook :-) Luk
Not very probable. A decent scotsman would ask for a glass of uisge beatha, of course.
M.
Surely, a flagon or even a cask would be more likely to be the quantity requested, especially if caber tossing is involved, thirsty work that it is.
Mark Lipton (flexing his limited Scots ancestry)
Well, some tug-of-war friends of mine would prefer it out of Ducru barriques.
Actually the Barolo finished stuff might be even better but I don't know the barrel name :-)
James (in Scotland) James Dempster
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