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Only a river separates Spanish and Portuguese Albariño vineyards, but the wines they make are radically different

By Bruce Schoenfeld

While it may be true that terroir determines the true character of a wine, culture and history count, too. Consider the white grape Albariño ("ahl-bar-EEN-yoh"). Grown in Spain and in Portugal (where .....

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