Talk:Varietal

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This page needs to be corrected. A varietal is more general, it's any food product that comes from (and tastes like) a specific geographic region.

Examples of varietals

• Wine
• Coffee
• Honey
• Olive Oil —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.143.120.2 (talk • contribs)

You are more then welcomed to add that information with a reliable source to cite. Unfortunately, none of my sources have that info. They only speak of it in the wine context. Agne 20:02, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

I added the word "primarily" to the first sentence, so that it reads: Varietal describes wines made primarily from a single named grape variety. Without the word primarily, the sentence is interpreted as stating that a varietal is made from 100% of a single named grape, which is not correct. Authority: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, 2000, definition of varietal. SilverFox Wiki 23:28, 9 June 2007 (UTC)