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  • The original grape, which is called traminer, produced a mutation that made a much more exciting wine than the locals were used to getting from their somewhat fickle traminer grapes.

    The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal:Today's Headlines 2008

  • I quite like it when folks call gewurztraminer simply 'traminer' … it's far more punter friendly.

    The Wine Front 2009

  • The wine a delicious Italian traminer - Dorigo Framiner.

    What I Ate Last Night Department - Bitten Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • The prevalent vines in the Würzburg district are the riesling, the traminer, the elbling, and the rulander, or pineau gris.

    Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines Henry Vizetelly 1857

  • The wine employed comes from vineyards in the vicinity of Heilbronn, and others in the Rheingau and the Grand Duchy of Baden, and is more or less a blend of the clevener, traminer, rulander, riesling, and elbling varieties of grape.

    Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines Henry Vizetelly 1857

  • Gewürztraminer is a mutation of the traminer grape, hence the full name.

    Express Milwaukee 2009

  • Made from the spicy traminer grape, this wine offers a sweet alternative for dessert.

    unknown title 2009

  • Our accompanying wine, a bottle of Khan Krum traminer 2007 (about 18 leva), came well chilled, and was kept in an ice bucket at our table.

    SofiaEcho RSS feed 2009

  • In Australia, “Traminer” is still a label caught up in old perceptions that wines like “traminer riesling” were always sweet, sickly, cloying and cheap (” moselle” has some similar meanings for some here).

    I can’t believe it’s not Albariño! | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009

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