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  • That's what the disarmingly attractive Argentine farmer tells me as he hands me a stack of American root-stock grafted with fruit-forward Torrontés grape vines.

    Owning a Piece of the Vineyard Heidi Mitchell 2012

  • It required the grafting and replanting of all the vines of Bordeaux with resistant American root-stock.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • It required the grafting and replanting of all the vines of Bordeaux with resistant American root-stock.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • It required the grafting and replanting of all the vines of Bordeaux with resistant American root-stock.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • Since the partnership determined that quality, not quantity, was the priority, the new vines were planted on St. George rootstock, which only gives about half the yield of the then-popular AXR root-stock.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • Since the partnership determined that quality, not quantity, was the priority, the new vines were planted on St. George rootstock, which only gives about half the yield of the then-popular AXR root-stock.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • Since the partnership determined that quality, not quantity, was the priority, the new vines were planted on St. George rootstock, which only gives about half the yield of the then-popular AXR root-stock.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • It required the grafting and replanting of all the vines of Bordeaux with resistant American root-stock.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • It required the grafting and replanting of all the vines of Bordeaux with resistant American root-stock.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • Since the partnership determined that quality, not quantity, was the priority, the new vines were planted on St. George rootstock, which only gives about half the yield of the then-popular AXR root-stock.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

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