Met today with two winemakers in Entre deux Mers (the large area of Bordeaux between the two rivers of the Garonne and the Dordogne, an entirely white wine appellation). According to Chateau Landereau, just outside Creon, the syndicate has asked INAO for the right to make red wine as well as white wine within the appellation.
Currently, you can of course make red wine in the area - but you have to call it Bordeaux or Bordeaux Superieur, as there is no 'village' or 'area' appellation name to make it under, so it switches to the generic appellations of Bordeaux. But why would they want to introduce a new confusing permutation into an already fairly little known appellation?
Entre deux Mers whites have got the potential to be better known, I'm sure (the Landereau wines are excellent, and the visit after this was to the always superb Chateau Thieuly), but adding red wine into the mix is I am sure not the best way to go about it.
