ABSTRACT: Robert Mondavi, co-founder of the renowned Opus One Winery, is also the originator of Californian Fume Blanc.

摘要：罗伯特·蒙大维除了是作品一号酒庄的创始人之一，还是加州白富美葡萄酒的开创者。

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Robert Mondavi, co-founder of the renowned Opus One Winery, is also the originator of Californian Fume Blanc.

罗伯特·蒙大维除了是作品一号酒庄的创始人之一，还是加州白富美葡萄酒的开创者。

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In fact, it has been 46 years since Robert Mondavi created the name Fume Blanc for his sauvignon blanc.

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What could be more American than Fume Blanc, a wine that was essentially made up here on our shores out of whole cloth, invented to help California differentiate itself and pull out from under the shadow of French wines, something it has long since done.

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While the two are synonymous (same grape) and some wine people deride fume blanc as simply a made-up name and marketing gimmick, there is more to the story. 45 years ago American sauvignon blanc was in its underappreciated infancy, overlooked by many quality winemakers, and what existed tended to be much sweeter and had a negative reputation.

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