RE: wine examples

As opposed to Napa Valley Red Table Wine which generally starts in the $50-$100 range.
Napa Table Wines are blends, typically similar to a Bordeaux.
They are sometimes called Meritage. However, the title Meritage has been trademarked and costs something like $1.00
per bottle to the Meritage Association for which you get some marketing or whatever.
So for those wineries that don't want to pay the money, but want to make a Bordeaux style blend, you get names like
Claret, Trinity, and Red Table Wine, which like I said, can be over $100 a bottle and extremely goood.

chas

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bernard Vatant [mailto:bernard.vatant@mondeca.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 9:34 AM
> To: Guus Schreiber; WebOnt WG
> Subject: RE: wine examples
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Guus
> 
> You need a French guy here maybe :)
> 
> > [[
> >    <owl:Class rdf:ID="TableWine">
> >      <owl:intersectionOf rdf:parseType="Collection">
> >        <owl:Class rdf:about="#Wine" />
> >        <owl:Restriction>
> >          <owl:onProperty rdf:resource="#hasSugar" />
> >          <owl:hasValue rdf:resource="#Dry" />
> >        </owl:Restriction>
> >      </owl:intersectionOf>
> >    </owl:Class>
> > ]]
> >
> > Surely, this axiom (dry wine <=> table wine) cannot be correct.
> > I'm not aware of any complete definition of the term "table 
> wine", by
> > the way. It is usually a rather vague concept (e.g any
> > nonclassified wine).
> 
> Agreed. "TableWine" is for me, at least if it matches the 
> French "vin de
> table" a cheap, generally red, wine you put on the table at 
> every meal when
> you are addicted, meaning you prefer bad wine than none at all. Wine
> amateurs *never* drink that stuff, unless for social reasons 
> (being invited
> and not wanting to be rude). And yes, this axiom is a very approximate
> equivalence, in the sense that you generally won't serve 
> sweet wines with
> meals. In any case I would have put "subClassOf" here instead of
> intersectionOf.
> 
> > Also,
> >
> > [[
> >    <owl:Class rdf:ID="Tours">
> >      <owl:intersectionOf rdf:parseType="Collection">
> >        <owl:Class rdf:about="#Loire" />
> >        <owl:Restriction>
> >          <owl:onProperty rdf:resource="#locatedIn" />
> >          <owl:hasValue rdf:resource="#ToursRegion" />
> >        </owl:Restriction>
> >      </owl:intersectionOf>
> >    </owl:Class>
> > ]]
> >
> > I'm quite sure there is no such wine name in France. As far 
> as I know,
> > it's called a "Touraine" (an expert should probably confirm this).
> 
> Confirmed - although I'm not exactly an expert, but I happen 
> to know that
> wine. Touraine is a charming "petit vin de Loire", slightly fruity red
> wine, to be drunk young (like Beaujolais) and a bit cool (below room
> temperature, but not chilled).
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Bernard
> 
> 
> 
>

Received on Friday, 31 October 2003 13:40:00 UTC