White wine the death knell of northern viticulture. The vine disappeared from northern Germany and Baden, and the maximum altitude for viticulture descended to 220 metres. Hans-Jürgen Otto noted that: "all the vineyards suffered and decreased in area". In England the vine also disappeared. The less early vineyards preferred to select white varieties of grapes because, even if unripe, white grapes allowed wine that was a little sour to still be consumable, while red grapes do not give enough colour and green tannins make the wine bitter. The interruption of the fermentation by a cold winter led to the discovery of the
Tasgaon grapes Tasgaon grapes Tasgaon grapes from the city from Tasgaon are very famous grapes in Maharashtra. The farmers develop many types of grapes bagicha (vineyards). Tasgaon is famous for its worldclass Grapes. Grapes are exported mainly to Asian countries like Pakistan, UAE, Singapore, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh etc. One of the best quality grapes are from Tasgaon, as sometime the size of a grape is as long as 3.5 inches. Production rate of grapes is as twice as Nasik. Production of grapes with the help of water tanker (10 km from Tasgaon City) Lokarewadi named as Nave Vadgaon is a