A colleague of mine went to the London Wine Fair and was told by a lady serving merlot wine that merlot means blackbird.
I looked it up online and up popped the Wikipedia explanation:
Merlot is a dark blue-colored wine grape variety, that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines. The name Merlot is thought to be a diminutive of merle, the French name for the blackbird, probably a reference to the color of the grape.
Yes, a diminutive of merle. That makes it much easier to remember a black grape like a blackbird making a dark coloured wine.
Not only have I learned to remember merlot, I have learned the French for blackbird, merle. One vineyard has called itself Blackbird, and specialises in Merlot.
More information from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlot
https://www.blackbirdvineyards.com/the_blackbird_story/
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.
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I looked it up online and up popped the Wikipedia explanation:
Merlot is a dark blue-colored wine grape variety, that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines. The name Merlot is thought to be a diminutive of merle, the French name for the blackbird, probably a reference to the color of the grape.
Yes, a diminutive of merle. That makes it much easier to remember a black grape like a blackbird making a dark coloured wine.
Not only have I learned to remember merlot, I have learned the French for blackbird, merle. One vineyard has called itself Blackbird, and specialises in Merlot.
More information from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlot
https://www.blackbirdvineyards.com/the_blackbird_story/
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.
Please follow me on Facebook, like me on Facebook and link to me on LinkedIn, watch me talking about table etiquette on YouTube, read my other posts and blogs and look at my books online, especially the ones I recently self-published through Lulu.com
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