In a recent survey of 2,000 adults, nearly 30% thought Sauternes was:
A. A French cream sauce for fish or asparagus
B. The French version of sauerkraut
C. A type of orange
D. A type of Mediterranean bird
C.
When the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) recently surveyed 2000 Britons, 29% believed that the famous French sweet wine Sauternes was “a type of orange.” Twenty percent of respondents thought it was a beach resort. And seven percent thought it was a plant. It appears that wine education is not quite yet a fait accompli.
