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Flicking through the "uncorked" lift-out in this morning's Fairfax press, I noticed an article by Kate McIntyre on alternative varieties (shock, horror, marsanne and roussane!!!!!) that mentioned the good work done by "Chateau Tahbilk" and "Chateau Yering".

Now I know that the Tahbilk that we all know and love dropped the "Chateau" from their names at least a few years back ... so is this a new winery using the old name?

Also, where is Chateau Yering - seriously - I cannot find it in my guide books.

anon,

jimbob.

Chateau can no longer be used in Australia since the French got the irrit's.

Chateau Tahbilk is indeed thesame old Tahbilk we all know and love.

Chateau Yering is now running by the name of Yering Station and is still located in the Yarra Valley.

my guess is that the article is a few years old and fairfax ran it because to a stagey old newspaper empire like that, a few year's old is still red hot news to them

chateau tahbilk is of course tahbilk. and chateau yering is of course now called yering station. both name changes are, as you point out, at least a few years old.

uncorked really has slipped - which has been pointed out on this forum previously.

henry.

but..... Chateau Leamon is still Chateau Leamon

michaelw wrote:Chateau can no longer be used in Australia since the French got the irrit's.

Michael, not as far as I'm aware. Certainly there are phase-outs planned of words and traditional expressions and styles, but Chateau is not one of them.

In fact you can still use names like burgundy and champagne etc, but why would you bother?

I was once involved with Xanadu and we made the decision long ago to delete the 'Chateau' from the front as it was confusing for some consumers, esp export customers.

Cheers, Brad