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The Wineslinger Chronicles: For the Bonarrigos at Messina Hof, Heritage, Family, Vision and Passion Came Before Profit

August 11, 2025 admin 0

There’s a Bonarrigo family tradition of making wine when Paul and his parents lived in the Bronx. But the ‘roots of the vine’ go back even farther in Paul’s family history. […]

Black Spanish

Black Spanish (Lenoir, Jacquez) Update: A Conundrum Still Persists – Please Help Solve the Mystery

March 20, 2023 admin 0

This blog post calls into question some remaining loose ends in the Black Spanish story. […]

Black Spanish

New DNA Information on Black Spanish – The Grape Otherwise Known as Lenoir or Jacquez

March 15, 2023 admin 0

Black Spanish is a variety of grape that was originally assumed to be a seedling of an American hybrid grape which resulted from the crossing of the American Vitis aestivalis species with a grape of an unknown Vitis vinifera pollen […]

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