Grapevines grow from Alaska to Florida, but that doesn't mean they are economically viable everywhere.

FORBES: Self-Employment

And now, for the first time in centuries, grapevines are taking root in soil that was once considered infertile.

BBC: The Negev desert wine route

Back roads lead past rows of grapevines to hilltop towns and villages such as Radda in Chianti and Monteriggioni.

BBC: Ten weekends in Europe's great outdoors

That is because commercial grapevines are propagated from cuttings and are genetically identical clones.

ECONOMIST: Genetics

So they tore out the apricot orchard in their Los Altos Hills, Calif. home and planted grapevines.

FORBES: Self-Employment

The two-level terrace below the house is lined with long tables, and sheltered by walnut trees and trellises hung with grapevines.

BBC: In tune with Vienna

The animals then converted the fish into a nitrogen-rich fertilizer for grapevines.

NPR: Fishy Vines Produce Great Wines

Elsewhere in the Torah, in addition to the right to glean for grain in the field, the alien is given the right to glean from grapevines and olive trees.

FORBES: Condoleezza Rice Is Right About Immigration, And the Nostalgists Are Wrong

Nor was anyone in the Valley prepared for the infestation of phylloxera, a tiny louse that preys on the roots of grapevines, which devastated European viticulture in the 19th century.

WSJ: The Near-Accidental Brilliance of Shafer Vineyards

And the American Department of Agriculture is to pay for a team to sequence a strain of X. fastidiosa that causes Pierce's disease in grapevines, which is currently afflicting California's vineyards.

ECONOMIST: Brazilian science