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Florida Orange Groves Winery – Florida<\/h3>\n

Vincent Shook, Winemaker<\/h3>\n

Key Limen, Mango Mamma, Hurricane Class 5 (Florida White Sangria)<\/h3>\n

October 16, 2012<\/h3>\n
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Key Limen, Mango Mamma, Hurricane Class 5<\/p><\/div>\n

Vincent Shook, our presenter today, was declared “one of our favorite presenters” by today’s host. The Florida Orange Groves Winery<\/a> is located in St Petersburg, Florida and is family operated (three generations). In the 1970’s the family was in the citrus juice business (orange, tangerine, and grapefruit) – as Vincent had just left college, any fruit juice had the potential to become alcohol! So, the family juice business became the family wine business – at present they make 43 premium wines.<\/p>\n

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Vincent Shook<\/p><\/div>\n

“Florida’s Most Unique Winery and Tasting Adventure”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0There are 19 Florida farm wineries (10+ acres) and 16 other wineries in Florida. Vincent is the secretary of the Florida Viticulture Advisory Council… This group is involved in grants for the promotion of Florida viticulture, for research, and for the institute of food and agricultural sciences. One of the current projects involves looking at muscadine grapes (exclusive to Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas) versus vinifera grapes (traditional wine grapes). Muscadine grapes have a natural resistance to Pierce’s disease<\/a> while vinifera grapes are susceptible to it – the research question is whether that resistance can be transferred to vinifera grapes.<\/p>\n

Florida Orange Groves Winery<\/h4>\n