Wine of the Day: American Wine Project 2018 “Rivals” Lacrosse
Lacrosse, a modern hybrid cultivar developed by Elmer Swenson in the 1970s, is a cross of Seyval Blanc with a cross of Minnesota 78 and Rosette (also known as Seibel 100) that is early ripening and cold hardy to at least -25 degrees F.
It’s hard to overstate the importance of Swenson to northern wine regions in North America – but that’s a topic for a fu…