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At 10:33 -0400 2001-04-04, Jenne Heise wrote:

> Good so far. However, what do we make of the mentions that grapes were grown for table
> and for verjuice in England, where wine-grape-growing was impractical?

>From about 750 to 1215, and again from about 1350 to 1550 (dates very
approximate and not without controversy), England has been said to have
been warm enough to grow wine grapes.

The quantity and quality were never high.  A medieval Italian work 
(date not given) mentions "... English ... for they have but little 
wine in their own country."

Thorvald