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Sable wines are indeed grown in sandy conditions. Whilst this is a big reason for the answer I'm after its not what I'm looking for - which is something pretty much unique to these vines in France and much of Europe for that matter.
 
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zagatoes30 said:
It is a bit this morning, if we are guessing wine producers how about South Africa (I have no idea what the answer to the question is though)
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Tis an old joke, the 90's were good for those jokes with motorcycle race fans, Foggy (Carl Fogarty), (Wayne) Rainey, (Pier-Francesco) Chili... I remember them well....
 
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midlifecrisis said:
I was going to say Chile but Stuart beat me to it. It's got a wide variety of soil conditions and climates along its coast
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Sort of getting warm with the coastal observation. Chile, being a long narrow country, with the Pacific on one side and the Andes the other, their vines are very well "protected".
 
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Next clue - many of the French sable vines are, at times, subject to partial flooding. This also helps to protect the vines - from what?
 
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One last clue before the morning. The root of the problem and subsequent preventative measure originated/s in the US.
 
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Time to move things on. This is a Phylloxera question - something vines grown in sandy soils managed to largely avoid. Whereas, almost all French vines are now grafted onto American root - which are naturally resistant. There is no known cure for Phylloxera with US root stock being used Worldwide. Except Chile. The only major wine producing Country that has remained unaffected.

Over to SPK.
 
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