A 1939 Ukrainian wine: a nation’s history in a glass
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How can a bottle from the eve of world
War 2 define a country and its ongoing fight to survive today? We open a 1939 Ukrainian Muscat from a place that is difficult to call Ukraine. We learn the history, present and future of an unlikely nation fighting to keep its heritage, and wine just may be the way to do it.
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