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1 posted on 06/26/2004 10:34:29 AM PDT by Truth666
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People have been trying to hybridize the European Grapes flavor onto American grape characteristics for more than 100 years. It has not yet yielded a vine that can really compete toe to toe in the wine world.

If this works, it will genetic engineering, not hybridizing that does it.


2 posted on 06/26/2004 10:56:59 AM PDT by blanknoone
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June 11, 2004 : Sap-sucking bugs that spread a disease lethal to grapevines have been found in Vacaville, striking fear into the heart of California's premium wine-producing region in nearby Napa Valley.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/06/11/SHARPSHOOTERS.TMP
3 posted on 06/26/2004 10:57:39 AM PDT by Truth666
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