As WBW founder Lenn gets back in shape to finish the summary of our last event, the good Dr. Vino has prescribed indigenous grape varieties for the next round on September 12.
Many native grapes are made into interesting wines and Tyler has asked us to pass on the “Big 6″ from France and focus on more obscure wines. Italy would seem to be a good place to look for interesting indigenous grapes but I might stay closer to home and focus on hybrid grapes developed at the University of Minnesota.
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I’m glad to hear I’m not the only one that has considered ‘going native.’ I’m leaning toward Niagara, a grape first grown in Lockport, NY. Actually, the first surviving Niagara grapevine is still alive in Lockport right now. Now that’s cool.
Kathleen
Albany, NY
I’m definitely in for hybrids from Minnesota, so it’s great to see you going completely native with Niagara, Kathleen. Hope some others pick up on this too; anyone for some Norton or Baco Noir?
I’m going native too . . . a native hybrid at least, from Northern California. Does that count?
Which hybrids are those, Lia?
Not sure if I’ve ever heard of California native varieties but those folks at UC Davis surprise us sometimes.