Wine names from 1859-60

David Colburn colburn at PEOPLEPC.COM
Sat Apr 12 20:19:22 UTC 2003


>
> Also of note:  (page 48) "the Sage grape of Concord---a native of the
wwoods
> of that town.  Cultivated by R. W. Emerson."    The writer Emerson?
>
Presumably. Emerson was "the Sage of Concord" after all. I would guess this
is what we now know as the "Concord" grape, but I don't know anything about
grapes so that's ONLY a guess...



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