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I'm Levy Dalton.

I'm Erin Scala and here's our show today. Oh, Grunerveliner is entrenched at its ground zero in Europe, where much of it is produced in Austria, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia under various names.

Though the name Veltliner suggests that it comes from Valtilina, no evidence linking the

grape to that region exists, and most experts believe that the grape is indigenous to Austria.

Grunervantlainer's parents are Savonine and St Georgina.

Savonine comes from the Pino family, but St Georginaer is a unique outlier.

Outside of very recent propagation efforts, just one old grapevine of St. Georgina

is known to exist.

The over 500 year old vine sits in the middle of a field

where vines haven't been grown since at least the 1800s. Recently dubbed a national monument. the

ancient parent of Gruner is now protected by the Austrian government

and revival efforts are underway.

It's quite remarkable that the lone grapevine was found and

identified as a parent of Grunner after sitting abandoned for centuries among weeds.

Grunner Vlainer is versatile and can produce food-friendly table wines,

sparklers, late harvest wines, world-class age-worthy bottlings,

and everything in between.

Kooner-Veltliner is spreading throughout the world.

Recent plantings in Australia abound with the help of some great interest from Prew Henchke.

Plantings in New Zealand are more and more popular as well.

In the US, several states are making Gruner Valleyner. New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and California to name a few.

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