The Nazi Origins of Your Favorite Natural Wine

Zweigelt is one of Austria’s most popular wines—and its namesake was one of the Third Reich’s most successful viticulturalists

Leah Rosenzweig
GEN
Published in
11 min readMay 8, 2020

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Josef Bürckel opening the Weinstrasse in 1935. Photo illustration. Image source: Imagno/Getty Images

Whether or not we want to admit it, we are consuming a lot of alcohol while in quarantine. Nielsen, the market research firm, estimated that online sales jumped 243% during…

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Leah Rosenzweig
GEN
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Writing about wine, cultural history, books, and more. Words in GEN, Slate, Eater, LitHub and more. I am extremely freckled.