A knowledgeable friend was explaining to me recently about the history of grape wines in America. Like many things, it’s a little bit complicated.<\/p>\n
Grapes indigenous to Europe are better for wine, but they can’t really grow here, because they are vulnerable to a disease that kills the vines. Grapes indigenous to America are immune to that disease, but they didn’t produce the kind of wine that people liked.<\/p>\n
Eventually growers figured out to import grapes from Europe and graft them onto American vines. American wine that we drink today is made this way.<\/p>\n
At this point in the explanation, I interjected “So it’s like Hispanic people.”<\/p>\n
My friend looked confused, so I explained. “European imports grafted onto actual American stock.”<\/p>\n
“Yes,” she said, “that’s it exactly.”<\/p>\n
I think I told a Thanksgiving joke.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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