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    GRÜNER the Great!

    Dec 02, 2018 5 minutes
    DAN TRAUCKI

    WINESTATE in conjunction with the Austrian Wine Marketing Board recently conducted the inaugural Global Gruner Challenge open to gruner veltliner producers from around the world.

    Gruner veltliner is a native Austrian white grape variety that is the “lead” superstar in Austria’s resurgence in the global wine industry. It accounts for one-third of all vines planted in Austria.

    While many Australian wine drinkers may not have heard of gruner veltliner, the Hills are alive with the excitement of this Austrian superstar as it undergoes a meteoric rise in the Adelaide Hills.

    Since its humble Australian beginnings when the first vintage was released in 2009, gruner has blossomed to become the fastest rising emerging variety in the country, with 44 wineries producing this exciting white variety - four in Canberra, three in Tumbarumba, New South Wales (the uber

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