Texans can take credit for good French wines - El Paso Times
In 1862, Monsieur Borty imported American vine cuttings to plant in his vineyards in Rhone, France. Little did he know that he was introducing a tiny aphid lying in the roots that would soon devastate the French wine world. Borty had just introduced a grape plant pest — phylloxera — to France that would devastate the French wine industry.
