Wine of the Day, No. 492
Seldom is a grape associated with a single nation the way that grüner veltliner is with Austria. It's true that this white grape is grown elsewhere in Eastern Europe -- Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic -- and to a small extent in Germany and northeastern Italy, but at about 43,000 acres in Austria, it's the most prolifically planted grape in the countr…
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