Talk:Alsace wine

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[edit] Name changes

If anyone wants to move this article - please go through the proper procedure at Wikipedia:Requested moves. Where it will fail, because Alsace wine is universally the WP:COMMONNAME of wine from this area, even if technically it "should" be Alsatian wine. FlagSteward (talk) 17:57, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Well, in the US, Alsatian wine is more common but Alsace wine is sometimes heard. I have no problem with the article staying at Alsace wine since it is more consistent with the other French wine articles like Bordeaux wine, Burgundy wine, etc. Agne^Cheese/^Wine 05:48, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

"Two countries separated by a common language"? :-) I just noticed that in his recent Alsace article in US publication The Wine Advocate, David Schildknecht uses the term "Alsace wine". Tomas e (talk) 11:52, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Yeah it is not unheard of to see Alsace wine, it is just more common (especially in conversation) to hear people talk of Alsatian wine, Alsatian Riesling, Alsatian Pinot gris, etc. Some wine shops will even have their section labeled as "Alsatian wine", others (like mine) will be simply labeled "Alsace" with no wine-suffix. Again, I have no problem with Alsace wine because of the general consistency with regional French article. I just wanted to note that WP:COMMONNAME doesn't really have a clear cut usage in this regard. Agne^Cheese/^Wine 16:14, 22 March 2008 (UTC)