Pinot noir winemakers
are potty about clones, but should drinkers really care? asks Jeni
Port.
A MORNINGTON Peninsula pinot nut
(surely a tautology) tells a story of being in France some years back when he
was overcome with the desire to steal a pinot cutting and smuggle it to
Australia. He's in Burgundy, standing on a sacred pinot site, among the vines of
Domaine de la Romanee-Conti.
Wouldn't his little vineyard
back home benefit from a little DRC magic?
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Size Does
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Ever wondered what the name of the size of the
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expert!
The Piccolo - 187ml
The (cleverly named) Half
Bottle - 375ml
The (very cleverly named)
Standard Bottle - 750ml
The Magnum - 1.5 litre
The Jeroboam - 3 litre
The Rehoboam - 4.5 litre
The Methusalem - 6 litre
The Salmanazer - 9 litre
The Balthazar - 12 litre
The Nebuchadnezzar - 16
litre
And finally, the mother of all bottles...
The Sovereign - A whopping 50
litres!
