wine grape

Vitis vinifera

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Vitis vinifera (common grape vine) is a species of Vitis, native to the Mediterranean region, central Europe, and southwestern Asia, from Morocco and Portugal north to southern Germany and east to northern Iran. There are currently between 5,000 and 10,000 varieties of Vitis vinifera grapes though only a few are of commercial significance for wine and table grape production.

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  1. (c) Hermann Falkner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/40826335@N05/3802110088
  2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitis_vinifera

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