[Sca-cooks] Roysonys of courance

[Terry Decker]

Modern nomenclature for the particular grape is Champagne Grape (apparently 
as one of the three varieties blended to produce champagne), Zante Currant 
Grape, and Black Corinth Grape.

Bear

> I am fully in support of the assertion that they are indeed the same 
> creature, and cannot easily come to any other conclusion for Western 
> Europeans' use of the product.  Just wanted to directly state what may 
> have been obvious to some and not to others . . . or flip my ignorance to 
> the fore and get it adjusted.  On the other hand, the term could refer 
> only to the dried product and not at all to the fresh grapes since they 
> would have been unfamiliar, at best.  Suspect they'd have another term for 
> the fresh-picked zante grapes.
>
> niccolo difrancesco