Vendange Tardive

April 10, 2020

In Alsace, the term for wines made from late-picked, very ripe grapes. VT wines, as they are called, are not as sweet as selection de Grains Nobles nor are they botrytized.

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For wine lovers, the discovery of terroir is a breakthrough that cannot be unbroken. Once you’ve found it, you’ll seek it in all wines for the rest of your life.

—Patrick Comiskey,
from the Forward to the upcoming book Wine and Place by Tim Patterson and John Buechsenstein (UC Press)

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