The Grape Project
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I track down obscure and forgotten varieties, sit down with the winemakers keeping them alive, and taste my way through every entry in the Wine Grapes encyclopedia — on camera, one bottle at a time.
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Johanniter
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Cserszegi Fűszeres
Királyleányka
Hárslevelű
Fetească Regală
Leányka
Juhfark
Csókaszőlő
Muškát Moravský
Monarch
Räuschling
Aubin Blanc
Humagne Blanc
Chasselas
Goldriesling
Müller-Thurgau
Scheurebe
Saphira
Pálava
Aligoté
Trousseau
Furmint
Blaufränkisch
Savagnin
Hárslevelű
Mondeuse
Zierfandler
Rotgipfler
Roter Veltliner
Jacquère
Persan
Frühroter Veltliner
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Johanniter
Germany (Freiburg) · White
Johanniter, a German PIWI crossed in Freiburg in 1968, overlooked at home and taken to heart in Poland. Tasted as a Sur Lie 2021 from Winnica Silesian.
- Colour
- White
- Origin
- Germany (Freiburg)
- Parentage
- Riesling × Freiburg 589-54
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