| raminer is a grape that is used to make white | | | | that the Gewurztraminer grape is when it is pick |
| wine. It is mostly grown in the prestigious wine | | | | the browner and golder the wine will be in tone. |
| grower’s paradise known as the Alsace | | | | This sweet wine goes well with cheeses and fresh |
| area of France. It is also a cash crop that is | | | | fruit and is the perfect compliment for chicken |
| familiar in Germany and New Zealand. Many areas | | | | and fish dishes. It goes well too with spicy foods |
| in the United States also grow this sugary grape | | | | such as Caribbean and Indian food. It is one of the |
| that produces a wine with a high alcoholic content. | | | | few wines that also go very well with Asian |
| It is a very potent varietal with a strong smell. | | | | cuisine. |
| The best versions of this wine come from Alsace | | | | The grape has been around since the Middle Ages |
| where it is the second most planted vine crop in | | | | and it also has been called Traminer. In reality |
| the country. Even though this world wide famous | | | | Traminer vines are the parents to this wine. It |
| and quite traditional wine has a German name it is | | | | was not until 1973 that the Gewurztraminer name |
| absolutely a French creation. It got its name as it | | | | was finally officially attached to this grape in |
| was originally grown in the Tyrolean Alps. The | | | | France. |
| Alps are on the German border and the vines | | | | In Europe the grape is also grown in Croatia, |
| used to thrive on the sunny mountainsides. | | | | Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Italy, Croatia |
| The wine that results from growing | | | | Luxembourg and Slovakia. It is also grown in |
| Gewurztraminer grapes can be very dry or very | | | | Canada, Chile, and New Zealand and in the states |
| sweet. It is also often made into a dessert wine | | | | of California, New York, Michigan, Oregon, |
| because it has very high natural sugar content. | | | | Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Washington, and Texas. |
| Some wine tasters say it tastes of lychees and | | | | Gewurztraminer buds early in the spring, so it is |
| roses, similar to a fruity Chardonnay. The lychees | | | | vulnerable to damage from frost. This makes it |
| back taste is a very desirable and rare quality as | | | | more expensive. Gewürztraminer vines are |
| it makes the wine very smooth. Many varieties of | | | | simply not that productive. Precise harvesting is |
| Gewurztraminer also taste like melons. | | | | crucial or this wine tastes off. |
| The wine may also be a bit bubbly, not so much | | | | Other names are Livor, Livora Cervenam, Noble |
| that it is carbonated but smaller bubbles called | | | | Rose, Mala Dinka, Marzimme, Mirisavi Traminac, |
| spritz might be part of the character of | | | | Noirer Traminerm Drumin, Drumin Ljboram Duret |
| the wine. These are the tiny bubbles or two that | | | | Rouge, Edeltraube, Fermentin Rouge Blanc Court, |
| sit around the rim of the beverage. | | | | Bon Blanc, Gringet Gris Rouge, Haiden, Nature, |
| The grapes are a dark pink color. This produces a | | | | Nature Rose, Kirmizi Traminer Christkindeltraubem, |
| wine that is light yellow to gold in color. The riper | | | | Clevene, Ruska, Ryvola, St. |