Sunday, February 21, 2010

Important Californians

Father Junipero Serra 18th century jesuit monk. planted criolla, or mission all along the coast of what is now CA

Jean Loius Vignes frenchman who brought vitis vinifera cuttings from his native bordeaux in 1830s

Count Agoston Haraszthy hungarian who traveled to france and brought back 100,000 vines.

Maynard Amarine and Albert Winkler are scientists at UC Davis who created the heat degrees map

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