<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><P>Actually, Mauro's reply leads to an interesting question: I wonder if any wineries in Niagara, yes, even in Niagara, would consider planting something like Marquette, if only to once and for all offset the gnawing problem of occasional crop loss when temps go down really low - or, is vinifera name recognition so important to the commercial success of Niagara wines that even if Marquette made exceptional red wine in Niagara the grape would remain unconsidered?</P>
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<P>There's probably no one correct answer here: what any winery chooses would reflect the philosophy of its owner(s). But it's interesting to think about :D</P>
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<P>Frankly I would love to see Marquette considered as material for new startup wineries in places that currently don't see any such action - e.g. Ontario's "West Coast" (Hwy. 21 along Lake Huron - Grand Bend area), along Hwy. 400, etc.</P>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">----- Original Message ----<BR>From: "mauro@ridgepointwines.com" <mauro@ridgepointwines.com><BR>To: growwine@littlefatwino.com<BR>Sent: Sunday, April 6, 2008 10:15:42 AM<BR>Subject: Re: [Growwine] Spring 08 outlook<BR><BR>I never experieced any vinifera surviving close to -27. <BR><BR>I get neverous at any temperatures falling below - 17 18 in the Niagara<BR>Peninsula<BR></DIV></DIV></div><br>
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