CHARDONNAY MYTHS & LEGENDS

MYTH; IT WAS BOUGHT BACK FROM THE LEBANON BY CRUSADERS.

THE OFT TOLD STORY OF DRINKERS SAYING THEY DON’T LIKE CHARDONNAY BUT LOVE CHABLIS & CHAMPAGNE IS PERHAPS THE BETTER KNOWN NOW BUT THERE IS A HYPOTHESIS THAT CHARDONNAY ORGINATED IN THE LEBANON.

OBAIDEH IS A NATIVE GRAPE TO THE MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRY AND THERE ARE MANY WHO SAY IT IS CHARDONNAY.

AS WITH SYRAH IT IS SOMETIMES ARGUED CRUSADING FRANKS PICKED UP A TASTE FOR THE LOCAL WINE AND MADE SURE TO TAKE SOME SEEDS OR CUTTINGS HOME WITH THEM.

TRUTH; THEY DIDN’T ,THERE IS AS YET AN UNPROVEN LINK THAT OBAIDEH IS RELATED TO CHARDONNAY BUT IF IT IS THEN IT WILL HAVE BEEN A EUROPEAN BRINGING IT TO THE LEVANT AND NOT THE OTHER WAY ROUND.

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