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August 22, 2009 in Wine | Tags: A Sudden Gift of Fate, Finger Lakes Wines, French wine, Mary Pat Hyland | Leave a comment
In 1865, the French wine industry was nearly ended by a pest called phylloxera with a proclivity for tasty grapes. Did you know that rootstock from New York’s Finger Lakes was exported to France, where local vitis vinifera was grafted on to it, outsmarting the nasty bugs and saving probably wine culture worldwide?
Read more about this FLX/French connection here.
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Irish couple Fergal and Brídgeen Griffin get an intriguing wedding gift: the chance to manage a Finger Lakes winery. When they move to Keuka Lake from Queens, see the rundown winery and meet its surly winemaker, they realize it will be quite a challenge getting from grapevine to bottle.
Meanwhile their friends Maeve and Andy face a challenge of their own, separation as he pursues experimental therapy for his paraplegia.
As the two couples face the challenges ahead, will they be able to keep hope alive?
A Sudden Gift of Fate
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