Archaeobotanical remains of grapesSarah Ivorra (ISEM, CNRS)
“early farmers began using clonal propagation techniques as early as 625 to 500 B.C.”
Genetically engineered Frankenfood!
In before certain people jump in to say any alcohol is bad and Jesus was surrounded by grape juice, not wine.
mommy when I grow up i want to dig through medieval waste pits
An 80 page paper on wine making in colonial New Jersey, 1769, authored by 6th great grandfather.
https://www.iment.com/maida/familytree/antill/edwardgrapesarticle.htm
He won an award of 200 pounds for growing the first wine grapes that produced a wine that was close to European.
https://www.iment.com/maida/familytree/antill/edwardgrapearticle.htm
Back in my Wine-Drinking Days I gave up Boone’s Farm Strawberry Hill for Pinot Noir.
It’s THAT good! ;)