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Grape Varieties
Roussanne 🥂  * Photo by Carlos the Great on Wikimedia Commons * Roussanne (rooh-sahn) is native to the Rhône Valley in Southern France. Experts first wrote about it in the late 1700s in the Hermitage regio...
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Shades of Blue Riesling ($11.99)  Shades of Blue Riesling is a white wine made by a family-owned winery in Germany. The grapes grow on steep river slopes where the soil is composed of slate and ...
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Grape Varieties
Riesling 🥂  * Photo by Kmtextor on Wikimedia Commons * Riesling (reese-ling) is a white wine grape that originated along the Rhine River in Germany, with records dating back to 1435. It was originally grown...
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The Seeker Riesling ($14.99)  The Riesling grapes for this “The Seeker” wine were discovered by a husband and wife team in the famed Mosel Valley in Germany. This region features steep vineyard sites wi...
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Picpoul 🥂  * Photo by Marianne Casamance on Wikimedia Commons * The ancient Picpoul wine grape originates in France’s Languedoc region, with records dating back to the 1300s. Its name translates to “lip-...
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2018 Ridge Three Valleys Sonoma County ($30)  Ridge Vineyards was founded in 1959 when four Stanford Research Institute engineers—David Bennion, Charles Rosen, Hewitt Crane, and Howard Zeidler—purch...
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