Which French wine region produces Pouilly-Fuisse?
Pouilly-Fuissé 1992 Pouilly-Fuissé as "the nectar of the Gods." Jimmy Buffet's song "Landfall" contains a reference: "Oh I love the smell of fresh snapper fried lite What'd you say, pouilly fuisse could round out the night" The wines of Pouilly-Fuissé should not be confused with the Sauvignon blanc-based wines of Pouilly-Fumé and the Chasselas-based Pouilly-sur-Loire, both from the area around Pouilly-sur-Loire in the Loire Valley. Pouilly-Fuissé Pouilly-Fuissé () is an "appellation" (AOC) for white wine in the Mâconnais subregion Burgundy in central France, located in the communes of Fuissé, Solutré-Pouilly, Vergisson and Chaintré. Pouilly-Fuissé has Chardonnay as the only grape variety.
New York Wine Tasting of 1973 Clos des Mouches Joseph Drouhin. Other French wines in the competition were the 1970 Corton-Charlemagne Louis Latour, the 1971 Pouilly-Fuisse Louis Jadot, and the 1970 Chassagne-Montrachet Marquis de Laguiche Joseph Drouhin. Three years later, in the notable Paris Wine Tasting of 1976, American and French wines were once again compared in a blind tasting. New York Wine Tasting of 1973 The New York Wine Tasting of 1973 was organized by pioneering wine journalist Robert Lawrence Balzer. He assembled 14 leading wine experts including France’s Alexis Lichine, who owned two chateaux in Bordeaux, a manager of the Four Seasons restaurant in