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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

Lots of wineries in Minnesota and Wisconsin, as well as in New England and elsewhere are making wines from Swenson varieties.  St. Croix, Prairie Star, Louise Swenson, Edelweiss, and more.  Few use any sugar.  Do a search for Minnesota wineries.   
See Tom Plocher's book at http://www.northernwinework.com/ for full information on vinifying Elmer's grapes. 
And yes, there are French Hybrids in the ancestry of a lot of Elmer's grapes.  Seibel 1000 is an ancestor of St. Croix, Sabrevois, and several others. S. 11803 is the male parent of Swenson Red.   
Here's where you can go to see the parentage of most of Elmer's grapes:  
http://www.grapebreeders.org/Gb/Priv_bre_inf.htm
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at http://www.bunchgrapes.com  Winner of the Garden Writers Association "Best Talent in Writing" award for 2003.
On Nov 16, 2006, at 5:40 AM, mIEKAL aND wrote:

I'm wondering if Lon or anyone else might know if any wineries are  
bottling wines with Swenson grapes.  & is it possible that any of the  
wines are made without adding sugar?  & out of curiosity, did Swenson  
ever use any French hybrids in his breeding program?

~mIEKAL
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