Vinland's naming, Jefferson's winemaking, Zinfandel's arrival, first or sole claims and simplified Prohibition explanations require corroboration. The Paris tasting is a specific event, not a universal proof that blind judges or countries rank consistently. No public History text is changed from these secondary leads.
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Burton's American account includes native grapes, colonial vinifera difficulties, Ohio and Nicholas Longworth, California missions and immigration, phylloxera, Prohibition, postwar change and the 1976 Paris tasting. New York, Oregon, Washington and Virginia extend the narrative beyond California.
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Burton's American account includes native grapes, colonial vinifera difficulties, Ohio and Nicholas Longworth, California missions and immigration, phylloxera, Prohibition, postwar change and the 1976 Paris tasting. New York, Oregon, Washington and Virginia extend the narrative beyond California.
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Vinland's naming, Jefferson's winemaking, Zinfandel's arrival, first or sole claims and simplified Prohibition explanations require corroboration. The Paris tasting is a specific event, not a universal proof that blind judges or countries rank consistently. No public History text is changed from these secondary leads.
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