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Grape Varieties
Pinotage 🍷 Pinotage is a relatively young grape variety with a fascinating backstory. It was created in 1925 in South Africa by Professor Abraham Izak Perold, the first professor of viticulture at Stellenbosch University. Perold wanted to combine t...
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 Ridge Vineyards was founded in 1959 when four Stanford Research Institute engineers—David Bennion, Charles Rosen, Hewitt Crane, and Howard Zeidler—purchased a mountainside property on the Monte Bell...
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Grape Varieties
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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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 with fine, mineral-rich slate soil and perfect exposure to sun and wind. The v...
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Grape Varieties
Riesling 🥂 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 by monks and royalty. Germany is still the most famous country for Riesling. However...
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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 limestone. Because the climate in this region is cool, the grapes stay on the vines long...
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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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