Dr. Harold Olmo (b. July 31, 1909 -June 30, 2006) was a pioneering viticulturalist and professor at the University of California, Davis. Events 30 BC - Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian 's forces but most of his army subsequently Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Viticulture (from the Latin word for Vine) is the Science, production and study of Grapes which deals with the series of The University of California Davis, commonly known as UC Davis, or just UCD, is a public coeducational university located in the city of Davis,
In the 1950s, he helped to establish California's first quarantine facility on the UC-Davis campus to permit California growers to import foreign vines. For other uses see Quarantine (disambiguation Quarantine is voluntary or compulsory isolation typically to contain the spread of something This lead to an expansion of California's wine industry as more vitis vinifera was introduced to the area. Wine is an Alcoholic beverage made from the fermentation of Grape juice Vitis vinifera ( Common Grape Vine) is a species of Vitis, native to the Mediterranean region, central Europe, and
Dr. Olmo also developed more than 30 new grape varieties, including Ruby Cabernet. Ruby Cabernet is a red Wine grape variety that is valued for its drought resistance if not for the quality of its wines