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• n  a wine made principally from one grape and carrying the name of that grape

• The rare Loire varietal was introduced in 1519 under Franois I, and that this patch survived the phylloxera epidemic is as miraculous an anomaly as the nectar it produces.
• If you're a winemaker, having a little-known but delicious varietal up your sleeve is no bad thing, given the constant pressure to satisfy consumers' ever more fickle palates.
• Although the characters in the film consume all sorts of wines, it's whiny oenophile Miles' poignant ode to this oft overlooked and finicky varietal that has moviegoers rushing to .

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News & Articles

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• They Say It Takes 30 Days to Acquire a New Habit...Embrace the Path to Self-Improvement and Celebrate Germany's Most ...
  NEW YORK, June 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Wines of Germany has once again proclaimed July as the "31 Days of German Riesling." Restaurants and retailers nationwide will devote the entire month of July to Germany's most famous varietal as part of Wines of Germany's participation in "Summer...
  June 24, 2013 - PR Newswire

Quotes

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• David Lynch in Orlando Sentinel
  It's a German thing, I guess,said Lynch in a recent e-mail interview. "German precision. I love the fine-tuned engineering of the varietal whites of the Alto Adige. White wine is all about aromatics and brightness, and that's what the...
• Glenn in San Francisco Chronicle
  I don't think I've ever seen a varietal take off as dynamically as Pinot has in the last two years,says Glenn Proctor, a broker with the bulk wine and grape brokerage firm Joseph W. Ciatti Co.
• Deborah Read in Boston Globe
  The color of the oil depends on the varietal and the timing in the harvest season,Rogers said.