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January 5, 2007

America’s Grape is Not Really American

Filed under: Wine — Erin @ 10:21 am

Here’s a little known fact, even though it is considered “America’s grape” zinfandel has it’s origins in Croatia. The first grapes did not arrive in the United States until 1820 according to wine historian Charles Sullivan. The grapes arrived in Long Island after George Gibbs brought cuttings back from the imperial collection plant species in Vienna. Today, thanks to the gold rush in California there is more zinfandel there than anywhere else in the world.

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