Bodegas Torres Reintroduces Ancestral Grape Variety Thought Gone in the 19th Century

Bodegas Torres Reintroduces Ancestral Grape Variety Thought Gone in the 19th Century

Bodegas Torres, one of Catalonia’s largest wine companies, will reintroduce Moneu, a grape variety that was virtually destroyed by phylloxera two hundred years ago. The pre-phylloxera variety was discovered near Querol about two decades ago as part of a project to revive ancestral varieties. Moneu is the second ancestral grape that Bodegas Torres brings back …

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