Hold the Spätburgunder, Pour the Dornfelder
An exotic German red grape finds roots in California
Posted: Jan 13, 2010 3:05pm ET
My first and only close encounter with Dornfelder came in a blind tasting last week. It's a grape developed in Germany and it offers a distinctive, exotic aroma and wine-drinking experience. In California, Ampelos makes a wine from it.
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