Discovering Grapes and Wine in the Far North of China
In early September, 2003 we [Tom Plocher, Gordon Rouse, and Mark Hart] traveled around the grape regions of northern China for seven days. Our travels covered the Yellow River grape region of Inner Mongolia, as well as Heilongjiang and Jilin Provinces in the extreme northeast of China (formerly known as Manchuria). Our goal was to exchange information and research findings on cold hardiness and on cultural methods that foster winter survival and early ripening.
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The trip was sponsored by the USDA Foreign Agriculture Service and the Minnesota Grape Growers Association.
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