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The Fifth Day of Christmas with American Sparkling Wine & Cider: A Pet-Nat from Vermont

The Fifth Day of Christmas with American Sparkling Wine & Cider: A Pet-Nat from Vermont

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Fredric Koeppel
Dec 29, 2020
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The Fifth Day of Christmas with American Sparkling Wine & Cider: A Pet-Nat from Vermont
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It's too cold in Vermont to grow traditional vinifera grapes, that is, the European grapes that most of the world's wine-making regions depend upon. The growing season in the Green Mountain State is too short to allow full ripening. Fortunately, the development of cold-hardy hybrid grapes like the red Frontenac and Marquette or the white Edelweiss and L…

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