French words (mdmd(4) - questions)

[Patrick Schreuder]

     Joseph wrote:
     
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     From:   Joseph Cerrato, 100443,1223
     TO:     "Meg Larson", INTERNET:mgl at svsu.edu DATE:   20/07/1997 21:06
     
     RE:     Copy of: Re: French words (mdmd(4) - questions)
     
     Gorce is a surname. Pynchon writes Chateau Gorce ( I'm no wine 
     specialist and cannot certify this specific one  did / does exist but 
     the name sounds perfectly probable) as we say Chateau Margaux or 
     Chateau Haut Brion... The wine in question is probably from the 
     Bordeaux area, many Bordeaux wines go by the name of Chateau so and 
     so, these  wines are  supposed to be drunk "à température" (meaning 
     the temperatrure of the room, hence also the other word for it in 
     French:  "chambré", chambre = room) whereas Rhine wines are supposed 
     to be drunk at a cooler temperature..
     By the way does anyone know how they managed to keep wines (and food ) 
     chilly or cool at the time?  Or is this another example of anachonism?
     
     Joseph 
     
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     There's no Chateau Gorce, but there's a Chateau La Gorce. It's a 
     Bordeaux (a Premieres Cotes de Boreaux), available in red and white.
     
     Yours (sipping a rather nice Pouilly Fume)
     
     
     Patrick S.