Is Black Wine the New Orange?
Briefly

For law-abiding drinkers, D.I.Y. was almost the only option during Prohibition...consume about two-and-a-half bottles of the stuff per household per day.
The only problem?...the wine made from alicante bouschet tasted truly lousy.
After languishing...for almost a hundred years, teinturier grapes...are finally starting to shake off the stigma.
In Spain and Portugal, alicante bouschet never fully fell out of favor...winemakers have started to recognize the fruit's other merits.
Read at www.nytimes.com
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