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Wild vine -- not the 'labrusca' -- is also found good. "
The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries Francis Galton 1866
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Before I move on to the pairings themselves, let me tell you a bit about this Vergennes, which is actually a varietal wine made from the Vergennes grape, a vinifera-labrusca cross named for the town in Vermont with the same name, where it was originally found.
PALATE 2009: Tasting Finger Lakes Wines and Cheeses with Shannon Brock 2009
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Before I move on to the pairings themselves, let me tell you a bit about this Vergennes, which is actually a varietal wine made from the Vergennes grape, a vinifera-labrusca cross named for the town in Vermont with the same name, where it was originally found.
Finger Lakes Dines 2009
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The only difference is we have had thousands of years to work with vinifera, and only a few hundred with labrusca and hybrids.
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A cultivar derived from the Vitis labrusca species, Concords are known as fox grapes because of their "foxy" flavor, an irresistibly sweet, floral taste with a fragrance like candied musk.
Laura Silverman: Flight Of The Concords: Grape Sorbet Laura Silverman 2010
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Before I move on to the pairings themselves, let me tell you a bit about this Vergennes, which is actually a varietal wine made from the Vergennes grape, a vinifera-labrusca cross named for the town in Vermont with the same name, where it was originally found.
LENNDEVOURS: 2009
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A cultivar derived from the Vitis labrusca species, Concords are known as fox grapes because of their "foxy" flavor, an irresistibly sweet, floral taste with a fragrance like candied musk.
Laura Silverman: Flight Of The Concords: Grape Sorbet Laura Silverman 2010
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This ghost resembles the ghost that the Finger Lakes had to shake with the onset of the vinifera revolution in 1976 --- that the region made only sweet labrusca wines.
Long Island Wineries Get $200,000 to Penetrate New York City Market 2008
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Concords are vitis labrusca, the variety that was found growing wild in North America by the Amer-Indians.
Meathead Goldwyn: The Most Wonderful & Unusual Pie: Purple Passion Concord Grape Pie 2010
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Concords are vitis labrusca, the grape variety that was found growing wild in North America by the Native Americans.
Meathead Goldwyn: The Most Wonderful & Unusual Pie: Purple Passion Concord Grape Pie 2010
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