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COGGINSS:  “It also found a home in Portugal, where port wines are very popular.  Berry juice became a popular way to make poor red wine look better with added color.  Once the ruse was discovered it was banned from the vineyard regions of the Old World to prevent this use.”

It’s still there as an invasive plant.  We just came back from there and walking near the Douro River I saw those distinctive berries and thought to myself “Geez, I guess there is a European pokeweed.”

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