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Wine of the Day, No. 817

Wine of the Day, No. 817

A scintillating riesling from Austria.

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Fredric Koeppel
Dec 17, 2023
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Wine grapes were grown in the middle-European country of Austria some 4,000 years ago. The Romans legions, who built roads and planted vines everywhere they marched, encouraged the growth of a wine industry in Austria (as that country came to be named) through the first centuries of the Roman Empire’s expansion. The grape that dominates the country’s wi…

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