Recently picked up a wine:
d'Arenberg SauvBlanc The Noble Botryotinia Fuckeliana AdelaideHills 2011 $16.00/hlf (BB)
Truth be told, I bought it for the label. On the back label, it stated that Botryotinia Fuckeliana is the spore that is responsible for botrytis cinerea, the noble rot, that creates such great dessert wines.
My immediate reaction is this is just the irreverent ChesterOsbourne jerking us around, managing to get a lewd term on his label and thumbing his nose at the labeling regulatory authorities. So I bought into it.
Well..turns out that Google indicates ole Chester didn't make up this factoid. It is actually the name of that spore, named after a mycologist Karl Wilhelm Gottfried Fuckel.
But I'm certain that ole Chester was laughing on the inside when he got that label approved.
Anybody tried this wine?? We're having it tonight.
Tom

