Who planted the first vitis vinifera in the u.s. colonies?
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Virginia Company
Wine of the United States
first vitis vinifera in the u.s. colonies
Wine of the United States History of American wine Great French Wine Blight Vitis vinifera Virginia wine New World wine New Jersey wine Colonial history of the United States Grape Mission (grape)
Wine has been produced in the <b>United States</b> since the 1500s. Today, wine 
production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 89 percent of 
all <b>US</b> wine, and New Mexico being the oldest wine producing region having 
started in 1628. The North <b>American</b> continent is home to several native species 
of <b>grape</b>, ... In the <b>early American colonies</b> of Virginia and the Carolinas, wine-
making&nbsp;... The History of <b>American</b> wine began when the <b>first</b> Europeans explored parts of 
North America, which they called Vinland because of the profusion of <b>grape</b>&nbsp;... The Great French Wine Blight was a severe blight of the mid-19th century that 
destroyed many ... While the Phylloxera was thought to have arrived around 1858
, it was <b>first</b> ... The wine makers there did not notice the aphids, just as the French 
<b>colonists</b> in ... Thus the identity of the French and <b>American grape</b> lice was 
proved. <b>Vitis vinifera</b>, the common grape vine, is a species of Vitis, native to the 
Mediterranean region, ... The <b>first</b> written accounts of grapes and wine can be 
found in the Epic of ... Grapes followed European <b>colonies</b> around the world, 
coming to North ... Later, North <b>American</b> rootstocks became widely used to graft 
V. vinifera&nbsp;... Virginia wine refers to wine made primarily from grapes grown in the 
commonwealth of Virginia. Wine has been produced in the area since the <b>early</b> 
days of European ... By tonnage, <b>Vitis vinifera</b> varieties represents 75% of total 
production. ... Virginia has a history of wine that dates back to the <b>colonial</b> era. In 
1619, at the&nbsp;... New World wines are those wines produced outside the traditional winegrowing 
areas of Europe and the Middle East, in particular from Argentina, Australia, 
Canada, Chile, Mexico, New Zealand, South Africa and the <b>United States</b> (
primarily California). ... The most common of the <b>early</b> grapes was a black <b>grape</b> 
called Mission&nbsp;... The production of wine in New Jersey has increased significantly in the last thirty 
years with the ... New Jersey wineries are growing <b>Vitis vinifera</b>, Vitis labrusca, or 
French hybrid wine grapes, and producing or ... The Society had challenged 
<b>colonists</b> in Britain&#39;s North <b>American colonies</b> to cultivate grapes and produce &quot;
those&nbsp;... The death rate was very high among those who arrived <b>first</b>, and some <b>early</b> 
attempts disappeared altogether, such as the&nbsp;... A <b>grape</b> is a fruit, botanically a berry, of the deciduous woody vines of the 
flowering plant genus ... Minor amounts of fruit and wine come from <b>American</b> 
and Asian species such as: ... It is an issue for breeders, who must either use a 
seeded variety as the female parent or rescue embryos <b>early</b> in development 
using tissue&nbsp;... Mission grapes are a variety of <b>Vitis vinifera</b> introduced from Spain to the western 
coasts of North and South America by Catholic New World missionaries for use in 
making sacramental, table, and fortified wines. It is grown in South <b>American</b>, 
particularly in Chile and Peru, under then ... <b>Early</b> accounts of alcoholic 
beverages made using the Mission grape recall&nbsp;...
Jean - Louis Vignes
History of American wine