The Wide World of Obscure Wine Grapes

The Wide World of Obscure Wine Grapes
It's widely known in the U.S. wine industry that eastern Europe and western Asia are loaded with such varieties that are obscure to us. Taylan Secil/shutterstock
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Someone recently sent me a sample bottle of a Kalecik Karasi. It was excellent, and I'd be happy to suggest that you buy it, but I couldn’t find out anything about it. Or where to buy it.

One of the problems with trying to cover this industry, whether as a reporter or simply as a wine lover, is that it’s nearly impossible to find out what’s happening in this world of wine.

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