Mike O

Actually, that was the common belief but genetic evidence proves its origins to southern Croatia. Many Croats have for years pointed to stories of ancestors bringing Mali Plavac vines to California and within the last year that has been proven without a doubt.

Nearly every wine making and wine related magazine has run articles of this news recently and any search of recent news will show this.

Devil

On Sat, 22 Feb 2003 16:31:55 +0000, Marie Lewis wrote:

    > In article <[email protected]>, devil
    > <[email protected]> writes
    >>On Sat, 22 Feb 2003 08:38:24 +0000, Marie Lewis wrote:
    >>> In article <[email protected]>, devil
    >>> <[email protected]> writes
    >>>> But in both
    >>>>the US and Canada, distances are larger than in Europe surely.
    >>> But people do not have to travel those distances, do they?
    >>Very relative thing. Don't you like the kids to come home for Christmas?
    >
    > That is once a year!

OK, and in summertime, and maybe Thankgiving. And maybe we go visit them
once in a while. Etc.

    >>Bottom line is that it's generally considered as an economic plus when
    >>people are willing to go take jobs where the jobs are.
    >
    > Why? It may be an economic plus but it is an ecological minus if they
    > live far from their jobs, surely.
    >>(In the case of Europe, there remain two serious barriers: language and
    >>old boys networks.)
    >
    > Barriers to what?

To mobility of labor.