I believe years ago I did a segment on the foolishness of the naming of wines. Marilyn Merlot (ugh), or Plungerhead (that has a toilet plunger on some guy's head).
But I think we have now jumped the shark - so to speak.
I like Fleetwood Mac / Stevie Nicks as much as the next guy, though my love for them has waned over the last decade and a half. ...but c'mon!
Yes, it's possible that the wine was named for a mythological Welsh figure, but I think no one ever heard of that character before Stevie Nicks wrote her 1975 top 10 hit.
I don' know who these marketing gimmicks aim for, but I'm assuming they had a crack analytical team knowing that forty or fifty somethings would buy this because it hearkened back to their youth.
I'm just not one of them.
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Poor Rhiannon. Will she ever win?
I googled it and it's a family name and they say it pays homage to their Welsh roots. Did you write it for them?
Could have been "One Wing Dove"... that;s what I always thought she was singing...
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