But they have succeeded in making syrah an important and, at long last, trendy American grape.
It is not a native American grape.
This trait has not been proven to exist in any native American grapes.
However his lifelong dream and greatest service was to the cultivation and science of American grapes.
Still, if the patriotic impulse cannot be suppressed, why not go for a wine made from American grapes?
Zinfandel may be the most exotic of all American grapes.
North American native grapes have the advantage of being adapted to local growing conditions, with consequent high fruit yield.
For a brief, terrifying period, the French worried that they might have to make wine from American grapes.
America would save France, although not American grapes.
For my money, and in spite of all evidence to the contrary, it is still the American grape.