by: Hrayr Berberoglu

There are thousands of grape varieties that belong to a number of genus that botanists classified, starting with Carl Linee, a Swedish scientist.

According to R. Galet, vine in the kingdom of plants, is one of the 14 genera (in Latin vitis) that are sub-divided into European and Middle Eastern (vitis vinifera); American and Asian species.

by: Hrayr Berberoglu

Bruce Smith and Yoshiko Yamamoto
Gibbs Smith, Layton, Utah
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by: Hrayr Berberoglu

Vitis vinifera vine and icewine (Canadian spelling) were, up to recent years alien terms in Canada.
Vitis vinifera vines suitable for making dry wines were first planted early 1960’s by stubborn European immigrants in the Niagara Peninsula, ignoring the advice of scientists who firmly believed that the severe winters of the region were too cold for delicate vitis vinifera vines to survive. Well, they were wrong!

by: Hrayr Berberoglu

Although Indian, Chinese, Japanese and Thai chefs have used fresh ginger for thousands of years, in the west most people use it in powder form. The taste of powdered ginger is certainly far from that of fresh ginger.

by: Hrayr Berberoglu

The largest jurisdiction of Canada is the furthest north of all, inhabited by only little more than 34,000 people, and the latest to join the confederation.
The capital Iqaluit, population 6,300, is the largest and most “cosmopolitan” with the majority Inuit (aka Eskimo), First Nations, and non-aboriginal people. The main language is Inuktitut, followed by English, and French.