Jean-Claude:

> I missed so much the french wine grapes that i used to harvest in France.
> I can simply not eat californian grapes, there are just oversweet with no
> aroma at all, in comparaison with the french grapes.

Grapes that you harvest yourself are indeed satisfying, but I was
comparing French with American store-bought grapes, which are
harvested before maturity: they are both relatively bland, but at
least, Californian grapes are sweet (due to climate? soil? variety
selection?).

In the same vein, I had always hated cherries... until I tried fully
ripe ones bought at an Italian market (Rome).

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