Return of the Natives: Natural winemakers’ revival of autochthonous grape varieties and original styles. Part 2

Continued from Part 1... Refashioning grape reputations It is not just the AOPs that are to blame for certain varieties never falling into fashion. Critical stereotyping seems to occur when…

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Return of the Natives: Natural winemakers’ revival of autochthonous grape varieties and original styles. Part 1

I once tasted a Georgian wine that had over 400 grape varieties blended into it. If ever there was a declaration of the symbolic desire to preserve a multi-faceted grape…

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