A French botanist made an adventurous journey across the United States in the 1880s in search of an American grapevine suitable for the vineyard soil back home. France was in the midst of the ...

A hardy grape native to North America, Vitis Riparia is one of the phylloxera-resistant rootstocks used with Vitis Vinifera grape varieties. Classic European winemaking species of grape. Examples ...

Researchers identify Vitis riparia vine as phylloxera’s original host and say it came to Europe from US In the mid-19th century almost half of France’s vineyards were destroyed in the great French ...

In addition to the Vitis vinifera cultivars mentioned above, two other North American Vitis species were selected in this study due to their differences in drought tolerance. They are frequently used ...

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