Cardinal (grape)
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Cardinal is a table grape
Table grape
Table grapes are grapes intended for consumption while they are fresh, as opposed to grapes grown for wine production, juice production, or for drying into raisins....

 first produced in California
California
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 in 1939.

The grape is a cross of the Flame Seedless (or Flame Tokay) and Ribier table grapes. In the United States
United States
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, Bulgaria
Bulgaria
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 France
France
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, Italy
Italy
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, Romania
Romania
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, and Spain
Spain
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 the grape is used as a typical table grape for eating and making raisins. In Thailand
Thailand
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 and Vietnam
Vietnamese wine
Vietnamese wine is wine produced in the Southeast Asian country of Vietnam. The area was first cultivated for viticulture during the French colonial rule of the region in the late 19th century. The region's tropical climate was ill suited for the type of Vitis vinifera that the French colonists...

 it is used widely in wine
Wine
Wine is an alcoholic beverage, made of fermented fruit juice, usually from grapes. The natural chemical balance of grapes lets them ferment without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes, or other nutrients. Grape wine is produced by fermenting crushed grapes using various types of yeast. Yeast...

production.
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