Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/23
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<color><param>0100,0100,0100</param>On 23 Aug 99, Dan Post wrote, at least in part:
</color>> I suppose, to draw an analogy to wine, it is like the 'Golden
> Rot' that infects the grapes that make the best of the World's
> Sauternes.
Always one to pick a nit, I've never heard it called the 'golden
rot'. Rather, the 'noble rot' or pourriture noble by the French and
edelfäule by the Germans in their Auslese and up in their
hierarchy. In all cases, I believe, it is caused by the same
bacteria, <italic>Botrytis cinera. </italic>Tokay, in Hungary, is produced by the
same bacteria.
Regardless of its proper name, they are wonderful wines!
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Roger
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