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10-26-2009, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Columbine View Post
I imagine it must be pretty hard to grow quality wine grapes in Japan though; the summer humidity would surely cause a lot of powdery mold and so on, which would spoil the grape. And places where the weather is compatible must be limited to a certain degree.

I'm curious now, I'll have to go look some more information up.
Every grape has it's own issues, but surely there are types that can fit in certain parts of Japan. Despite the image, Japan is mostly rural, and with some proper matching could be a good source of wine grapes in the non-flat areas.
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