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a fruit so dramatic it invented wine, raisins, and entire empires by accident
means a small, round, juicy fruit that grows in clusters on a vine, eaten fresh or dried into raisins or crushed and fermented into wine.
from From Old French 'grape' or 'grappe,' which originally meant a hook or a cluster of grapes — the sense being the bunch picked with a vine-hook. It traces back to a Germanic root related to 'grapple' and 'grab,' the idea of grasping or hooking. Curiously, English already had its own word for the fruit — 'winberry' (wine-berry) — but the French-flavored 'grape' grabbed hold and never let go.
- explode trick
- two grape halves in a microwave create plasma
- ancient grip
- cultivated for wine over 8,000 years ago
- shrink act
- raisins are just grapes that gave up on water
- choke risk
- a leading cause of child choking deaths
- sun guard
- natural wax coating protects them like sunscreen
cabernet sauvignon — most planted red wine grape worldwide, 3.2 million acres in cultivation
chardonnay — most planted white wine grape globally, dominant in burgundy and california
thompson seedless — most common table grape in the us, 90% of california's table grape production
concord grape — native american grape, iconic in new york, produces 99% of us grape juice