I was grateful for the opportunity to give a talk about the workshop on the native grapes through the Loudoun County Public Library. The links and notes below go with that talk.
Places in the region (near Loudoun County, Va. ) where you can try wine made from hybrid grapes – a partial list, let me know if you know of others:
https://zephwine.com/ Chardonel, (?), Chambourcin
https://www.fabbioliwines.com/ Chambourcin
https://www.chrysaliswine.com/ Largest planting of the Norton grape.
https://www.walshfamilywine.com/ Converting to planting hybrids. I do not know if they have wines made from hybrids currently.
https://lovingcupwine.com/about-history.html Virginia’s organic wine grower – near Charlottesville
https://bleufrogvineyards.com/the-vineyard -Next door to where I grew up 🙂 Chambourcin, Vidal Blanc
https://www.briedevineyards.com/ – Winchester, Va. — Arandell, La Crescent, Cayuga White
Crop Wild Relatives:
Khoury, C.K. et al. Crop wild relatives of the United States require urgent conservation action
Grapes of the National Capital Area
Oak Spring Garden Foundation, Upperville, Va.
osgf.org
Grapes for Wildlife
Capital Naturalist’s blog on Native Grapes
http://jimmccormac.blogspot.com/2013/10/in-defense-of-lowly-grape.html
Documentaries:
http://www.vitisprohibita.com
http://www.bonvoyagevitis.com
Exhibition:
Grafting the Grape:
Grafting the Grape: American Grapevine Rootstock in Missouri and the World
Scroll down to “Past Exhibitions”
Grafting the Grape pdf
Book:
https://shop.shsmo.org/the-wild-vine-a-forgotten-grape-and-the-untold-story-of-american-wine-by-todd-kliman/ (The story of the Norton grape, which originated in Richmond, Va.)
Domestication by Megafauna:
Gourds and squashes (Cucurbita spp.) adapted to megafaunal extinction and ecological anachronism through domestication
Original paper on evolutionary anachronisms – Daniel H. Janzen, Paul S. Martin: “Neotropical Anachronisms: The Fruits the Gomphotheres Ate”, Science 01 Jan 1982:, Vol. 215, Issue 4528, pp. 19-27 (1982) DOI: 10.1126/science.215.4528.19
Uses of grape by indigenous Americans:
https://discoverandshare.org/2021/10/05/grafting-the-grape-indigenous-use-of-grapes/
Native Grape breeder (Loudoun County, VA)
clifford.ambers@loudoun.gov
% V. vinifera and wild grape in cultivars:
Migicovsky et al. Genomic ancestry quantifies use of wild species in grape breeding (2016) BMC Genomics 17:348
Podcast I like:
http://organicwinepodcast.com
Not strictly organic; lots on hybrids and regenerative agriculture
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