Weekly Wine Quiz #63: Grape Trivia – Malbec
Malbec grapes, picture from Wikipedia Welcome to the weekend and your new wine quiz! Believe it or not, but we are still continuing the Grape Trivia series, and our subject for today is Malbec. Malbec...
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