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Food & Wine Thursdays: New World Adventures in Non-Gallic Varietals
The vast majority of current international grape varietals–which is to say, grape varietals which have found homes in regions other than where they originated–are French in origin. These are the grapes that even the most casual wine drinker knows: Cabernet … Continue reading
Food & Wine Thursdays: Three Marginal French Grapes I Love
Europe in the 19th century was very good at two things: war, and displacing its agrarian class. As the continent rapidly industrialized, independent farmers and shepherds were marginalized and, seeing little opportunity in Old Europe, emigrated to the New World. … Continue reading
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