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#117621 12/13/03 06:32 PM
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O.Henry mentions the Catawba River, of which I had never before heard. But I remember that we had Catawba grape vines, whose grapes had a distinctive pleasant flavor. I would expect them to be hard to find now. I did find a comercial site about them.
" In the mid-1800's John Michael Meier came to America from Germany and was granted a homestead just north of Cincinnati. On his land he found wild Catawba grapes growing, which were different from any he had known in Germany."


#117622 12/13/03 11:52 PM
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Catawba grapes are still grown in NY fingerlakes, and they make a lovely rosé wine... they are not as 'foxy' flavored as many native grapes. (but they are very sweet-- as is the wine)



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