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Buyer’s Guide to VINTAGES August 13 Release
John Szabo’s Vintage’s Preview August 13: The Dog Days Aren’t Over By John Szabo, MS with notes from David Lawrason, Michael Godel, and Megha Jandhyala (Sara is on vacation) The Dog Days Aren’t Over To the Greeks and Romans, the diēs caniculārēs, or “dog days” of the year occur around the period when Sirius, the […] More
Special Austrian Wine Report: The Stellar 2021 Vintage and Top Ten 2021 Wines From Vienna
By John Szabo, MS This feature was commissioned by Austrian Wine. Finally Some Good News About Climate In the midst of so much bad news about climate change, and especially climate extremes, there is some excellent weather-related news to report: last year Austria enjoyed one of its best vintages since the turn of the century. […] More
Buyer’s Guide to Summer Sippers
Last of the chilled summer tips for spills, thrills and sips By Michael Godel with notes from David, John, Sara and Megha When heat needs to be beat and quenching one’s thirst becomes a daily act of necessity, embracing the righteousness of whites and rosés requires little creativity. In these times of thermometric accumulation, laying […] More
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Born in Alsace, France, in the 19th century as a mutation of Traminer (or Savagnin) , Gewürztraminer became popular in its home region, and spread from there into Germany and Austria. It is still primarily grown in Alsace, with significant plantings in Germany, Austria and Italy, with significant amounts grown, outside of Europe, in California (mostly), Australia and South Africa. The variety has high natural sugar and the wines are white and usually off-dry, with a flamboyant bouquet of lychees, roses and spices like ginger. The name gewürztraminer means "aromatic" or "spicy" traminer, and it is indeed very highly aromatic - sometimes to a fault.
