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Italian migrants took the variety to South America where it was widely grown in Chile but thought to be Sauvignon Blanc.  Despite the easy confusion, and the name Sauvignonasse, there is no known connection with Sauvignon Blanc.","link":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/category\/grape-varieties\/friulano\/","name":"Friulano","slug":"friulano","taxonomy":"category","parent":138,"meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>- Lea &amp; Sandeman Wine Merchants | Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Read more about Friulano on our blog.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"- Lea &amp; Sandeman Wine Merchants | Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Read more about Friulano on our blog.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/category\/grape-varieties\/friulano\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lea &amp; 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