Germany’s Rheinhessen, Nahe and Rheingau regions are hotbeds of hybrid wine production. While some first-generation disease-resistant hybrid grape cultivars (DRHGCs), often referred to as PIWIs (short for Pilzwid-erstandsfohige Rebsortens), prioritized pathogen resistance over wine quality, that mistake has now been rectified.
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Calls for optimism are the theme of new year missives from wine industry colleagues near and far. One in particular came from a Northern California winemaker who is puzzling over the lack of adoption by Gen Z consumers, an increasingly fragmented and dispirite domestic market and included a request for insights that might inspire hope.
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The message my students are sending to the makers of the world’s historic sweet wines amounts to a love letter. My passion for these historic wines can only be described as a love affair.
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