[Growwine] VQA

[Ryan Daum]

QC explicitly excludes "grapes", tho it doesn't define what that is
(entire vitis genus, or just vitis vinifera?) But it also has a list of
valid fruits, and "wild riverbank grape" is unfortunately not on it :-)

Ryan

On Wed, 2008-03-19 at 19:17 -0700, Paul Bulas wrote:
> Seriously, Ryan, I was thinking EXACTLY the same thing just a couple of days ago while sipping my dry Concord!
> 
> I wonder if that is an exploitable loophole for wines made from grapes not recognized by VQA.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Ryan Daum <ryan at darksleep.com>
> To: growwine at littlefatwino.com
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 9:57:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [Growwine] VQA
> 
> Silly question...
> 
> As grapes are a fruit, is there any reason why a winery growing
> non-recognized grape varieties could not use QC certification?
> 
> (I see now that QC has a list of allowed fruits and grapes aren't in
> it...)
> 
> Ryan
> 
> 
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