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 "id": "alsace",
 "type": "region",
 "names": {
  "name": "Alsace"
 },
 "region": [
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 "facets": {
  "country": "France",
  "level": "region"
 },
 "text": {
  "what": "A dry strip in the rain shadow of the Vosges where nearly everything is white — except pinot noir, the one red grape the appellation allows.",
  "today": "What used to be pale and often rosé now gets destemmed, barrel-aged and sold as red, and the 2022 rules brought thirteen grand cru sites into play for it. *Tradition holds —* the older bottles were lighter because nobody expected otherwise."
 },
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   "to": "pinot-noir",
   "as": "The only red the appellation permits.",
   "rel": "variety"
  },
  {
   "to": "pinot-gris",
   "as": "Its grey sibling, grown on the same slopes.",
   "rel": "variety"
  },
  {
   "to": "baden",
   "as": "Across the Rhine, the same climate under another flag.",
   "rel": "neighbour"
  }
 ],
 "geo": {
  "lat": 48.2,
  "lon": 7.35,
  "precision": "region"
 },
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 "provenance": {
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   "tier": "cited"
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   "text.today": {
    "tier": "tradition"
   }
  }
 },
 "confidence": "medium",
 "needs_verification": true,
 "updated": "2026-09-16",
 "blurb": "A dry strip in the rain shadow of the Vosges where nearly everything is white — except pinot noir, the one red grape the appellation allows.",
 "region_terms": [
  {
   "key": "alsace",
   "name": "Alsace",
   "country": "France",
   "note": "the one red grape the appellation allows"
  }
 ],
 "kin_out": [
  {
   "to": "pinot-noir",
   "type": "variety",
   "name": "Pinot noir",
   "as": "The only red the appellation permits.",
   "rel": "variety"
  },
  {
   "to": "pinot-gris",
   "type": "variety",
   "name": "Pinot gris",
   "as": "Its grey sibling, grown on the same slopes.",
   "rel": "variety"
  },
  {
   "to": "baden",
   "type": "region",
   "name": "Baden",
   "as": "Across the Rhine, the same climate under another flag.",
   "rel": "neighbour"
  }
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   "kind": "encyclopaedia",
   "title": "Alsace wine",
   "publisher": "Wikipedia",
   "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/?curid=1083426",
   "permalink": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351653670",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "licence": "CC BY-SA 4.0"
  }
 ],
 "tiers": {
  "text.what": {
   "tier": "cited"
  },
  "text.today": {
   "tier": "tradition"
  },
  "geo": {
   "tier": "cited"
  }
 },
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 "tag_facts": [],
 "recognition_facts": [],
 "acclaim": 0,
 "kin_in": [
  {
   "from": "pinot-gris",
   "type": "variety",
   "name": "Pinot gris",
   "as": "Where it grows beside its black parent under the same appellation.",
   "rel": "region"
  },
  {
   "from": "baden",
   "type": "region",
   "name": "Baden",
   "as": "Same rift valley, other bank, similar size.",
   "rel": "neighbour"
  }
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}