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[Avenue Vine] A German winemaker has fooled official state tasters into thinking cheap imported Pinot Gris was quality German wine, in a bid to expose flaws in the country's wine regulation system. Edgar Schätzler, a winegrower in Guntersblum in the state of Hesse filled his bottles with Hungarian Pinot Gris, which experts labeled 'quality German wine' in official blind tastings, the German news magazine Der Spiegel reported this week.

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http://shirazshiraz.blogspot.com [Shirazshiraz.blogspot.com] Shiraz: “Given the amount of winemaking styles these days, in Germany and abroad, it is not surprising that some official testers could be fooled into thinking that a Pinot Gris from Hungary - which has no fundamental flaws - could taste like a Riesling, perhaps a special style of 'Riesling' and one that may not be particularly good, either,” added Rolf Rehm, another official state wine taster.

[Wine_news_and_commentary.toptensources.com] TopTenSources: Fortunately, there are oodles of sites with feeds dedicated to wine news, ... In Germany its ruländer. I’ve never had a Hungarian Pinot Gris so I’m not ...

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