Life Style / Wine Grapes / Folle Blanche: Has many synonym names: including Damery, and Hivernage in the northern regions of France. Minor variety once enjoying extensive use in making the distilled wines of the Cognac region of France. Small acreages still remain in the western Loire region that are used to produce an often light, sharply acidic wine called 'Gros Plant du Pays Nantais' locally claimed to be a useful foodmatch alternative to Muscadet de Bourgogne. Also grown in the S. Rhone region where it has the synonym name Piquepoul (Blanc).
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Lifestyle / Wine Grapes / Folle Blanche: Has many synonym names: including Damery, and Hivernage in the northern regions of France. Minor variety once enjoying extensive use in making the distilled wines of the Cognac region of France. Small MORE
Lifestyle / Wine Grapes / Mondeuse Blanche: Variety grown in the Savoie and Buzet regions of France. Has several synonym names including Blanchette, Jongin and Molette. The latter name is used by the producers of a wine-blend, in combination wi MORE