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Wine of the Week: 50 Degrees Riesling

Wine of the Week: 50 Degrees Riesling

What wine connects Metternich, frozen pizza and Queen Victoria?

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Henry Jeffreys
Oct 09, 2024
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I tasted something last month that stopped me in my tracks. Just a little sip transported me into a poetic reverie. If it was a film, music would have swelled, perhaps the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s Messiah, the surrounding crowds would have sped up while the solitary taster stood there lost in the moment. There might even be a beam of light. 

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