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19 Good Old Vine Wines
Johannes Bhakdi Vieilles Vignes: Two Words to rememberAn answer to this eternal question can be found in just two words: vieilles vignes, Alte Reben, vinyes velles or old vines. Old vines deliver lower yields but more concentration and flavor. Unlike "Reserve" or "Prestige" or any of the other verbal embellishments you might read on a label it doesn't yet suffer from irrelevance or inflationary use. I put together some labels from Alsace, Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, Loire, Burgundy, Bordeaux, Languedoc, Rhone and Spain to show you that sometimes its enough to remember two words (albeit in different languages).
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