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The grape.
On the grape and its origins, vineyards and people, history and curiosities. Researched, backed by sources and told without hurry.
The grape
2 articlesRiesling in the greenhouse: how climate change is transforming the grape
Riesling on the Mosel once often failed to ripen; in the Rheingau its harvest now begins three weeks earlier than in the 1950s. A variety made for cool sites is looking for new refuges.
The genes of a diva: where Riesling comes from
A peasant’s wine for a father, a presumed offspring of Traminer for a mother: DNA analysis has thoroughly demystified Riesling’s family tree. Why the variety nonetheless shows so precisely where it was grown.