How many of you are Wine Century Club members?

I also think it's a little bit of a cheat to just tick off components in a blend, I do try to make sure the variety I check off is at the very least a majority player in a blended wine.

I agree, but on the other hand, this might be a business opportunity for a struggling winemaker. If joining Century Club became popular, and blend components count, plant 2 rows each of Grapello, Grechetto, Plavina, Negrette, Assyrtiko, etc, make them each 3% of your blend, the candidate drinks one bottle, a bottle of Beaucastel*, and a bottle of a cheap red Bdx that uses all 5, and voila! Halfway there. They could sell out just based on offering 33 grapes!

* Peter's example above is the most egregious, as obviously most CdP don't use all the varieties.

[Jenise]

By free association [spelling?] this wine century club sounds a bit like the "mile high club".

I'll bet that would be a much shorter list.

I agree, but on the other hand, this might be a business opportunity for a struggling winemaker. If joining Century Club became popular, and blend components count, plant 2 rows each of Grapello, Grechetto, Plavina, Negrette, Assyrtiko, etc, make them each 3% of your blend, the candidate drinks one bottle, a bottle of Beaucastel*, and a bottle of a cheap red Bdx that uses all 5, and voila! Halfway there. They could sell out just based on offering 33 grapes!

* Peter's example above is the most egregious, as obviously most CdP don't use all the varieties.

Wouldn't that be the Thackrey Pleiadas? Last time I checked I was around 130 varieties (not using blends--to the extent the label can be relied on). It helps to like Italian wines.

[Jenise]

Their rules aren't strict. Someone on the Wine TV site was boasting of his progress by taking components in a blend. So he had a CnDP, checks with Wikipedia that it could contain 13 varieties and ticks off all 13.

I'm surprised no one's commented on this, but not only is the guy a cheat, he's a stupid one. IIRC, those 13 grapes divide into two groups of which 8 are red grape varieties and 5 are white.

[David M. Bueker]

Jenise - Beaucastel (red) uses all 13, even microscopic amounts of the white grapes.

Matilda says "i am a birder" can somebody please explain what does this mean.
Thanks in advance .

[Jenise]

Phil, that means that birdwatching (and recordkeeping) is a serious hobby for her.