Talk:Muscadet

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Assessment comments The following comments were left by the assessors: (edit · refresh) Rating this article B because it aims to be reasonably comprehensive about the subject covering the major subjects you could think of about a wine (Basics characteristics, History, Geography, Varietals, Taste, Climate, Food paring and the like). Contains a couple of reputable citations though citation format could be fixed (ref numbers.). Tries to keep to an objective tone. 83.195.92.222 22:58, 5 September 2007 (UTC) Traditionally French wines are named after the region while US wines are names after the grape. Muscadet is neither. The article would be improved if it includes a history and reason for this name.81.255.21.129 13:07, 22 September 2007 (UTC) Actually it is more of a start class. No references and just 1 or 2 line sections. AgneCheese/Wine 22:47, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
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Just a fast note on Brittany/Pays de la Loire discussion. Modern France is split up into larger administrative Regions broken up into smaller administrative departments. Brittany and Pays de la Loire are two currently existing, neighboring regions of this kind. Nantes (and its département, Loire Atlantique) fall within the Pays de la Loire region and not within the current Brittany region. 83.195.92.222 22:58, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Also, the growing area for Muscadet is culturally, linguistically and historically closer to Poitou-Charentes than to Brittany. You might hear a winemaker say juilleT ("T" pronounced) just as you will always hear the terminal "T" pronounced in the name of the village of Vallet. This pronunciation comes from the Poitevin dialect of French (a latinate language not too different from the French of Paris). Certainly not Bréton, though coloured by the latinate language "Gallo" spoken in many parts of the Southern Armorican Penisula including some places not far from Nantes (Pontchateau, Redon, Vannes and...Rennes!). 83.195.92.222 22:49, 5 September 2007 (UTC)