Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
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PLANNING YOUR VINEYARD
CHOOSING YOUR VINES AND ROOTSTOCKS
All grapevines belong to the botanical genus
Vitis
. The traditional species of grapevines
grown for use in winemaking is the European species
Vitis vinifera
(often called simply
“vinifera”), whose origin is in and around the Mediterranean, including Europe. The best
known American grape species is
V. labrusca
, native to eastern North America from Ontario
