Hi All,
FYI, I found this story in the Herald Tribune today, which I found very interesting:
The rest of the article is on the IHT's site:
cheers, robin
Hi All,
FYI, I found this story in the Herald Tribune today, which I found very interesting:
The rest of the article is on the IHT's site:
cheers, robin
How quickly they forgot that American grapes (specifically, from Texas) saved their entire industry from Phylloxera in the late 1800's.
Bob
And how quickly some forget that it was some American grape vines taken to Europe that caused the problem to begin the whole thing.
Perhaps they are still upset because the Phylloxera originated in the USA. Lum Del Mar, California, USA
They didn't *have* to import it if they didn't want it...
Bob
Hmmmm, I guess that is a lot like saying that we did not *have* to import insects that are destroying large portions of our forest or import invasive weeds if we did not want them.
Doesn't ANYONE know how to use the mouse and delete button to get rid of the previous messages? We used to have a pretty good board etiquette in this group.
p.s. I agree with Paul. They thought they were just importing the vines. They knew nothing about the powdery mildew and phylloxera that came with them.
Jack Keller
That doesn't change that they are there now, and they have to live with it. Seeing as most vineyard now grow vinifera grafted onto American variety rootstock, there's little point in keeping people from buying and enjoying wine they want based on snobbery ("Ugh, tastes like raspberries!") and woulda-coulda-shoulda's regarding imports.
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