http://johnmahoneydesigns.com/uncategorized/go-native-or-not/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:37:00 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://johnmahoneydesigns.com/uncategorized/go-native-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Ingo Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:56:52 +0000 http://johnmahoneydesigns.com/?p=533#comment-12 Here is the irony of the small planet: Even buying a good French Bordeaux these days might ultimately qualify as "buying American". Why? When the French grapes were all but wiped out in the late 19th century they were reconstituted by American Cabernets that were previously exported from France to America. But then again, the disease that wiped out the French vines was supposedly brought from Americ as well.... Here is the irony of the small planet:
Even buying a good French Bordeaux these days might ultimately qualify as “buying American”.
Why? When the French grapes were all but wiped out in the late 19th century they were reconstituted by American Cabernets that were previously exported from France to America. But then again, the disease that wiped out the French vines was supposedly brought from Americ as well….

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