Highlights: Gewürztraminer Vine

The Gewürztraminer varietals grape is grown in limited areas of the world, in particular, the region of Alsace, France. Wine texts report that "gewürz" translates from German as "spicy"; so literally Gewürztraminer means "spice grape", or as many prefer, "perfumed grape", or "aromatic grape".
It seems possible that Gewürztraminer vines were first imported into Alsace from the Pfalz, just west of the Rhine, as early as the 16th century, but given the fuzziness that surrounds the history of grape varieties before the 19th century, it’s also quite possible that Traminer and Gewürztraminer coexisted without much distinction until rather recent times.

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