Biological Hacking In The 19th Century Or How The World Almost Lost Wine
However, some people like experimenting with the new world grapes and — as you might expect, some vines found their way to Europe. Phylloxera aphids have a nose with a venom tube that poisons the plant as the bug sucks out its sap from the roots. Naturally, people argue over the taste of grafted wine vs self-rooted wine, but the overwhelming volume of wine comes from grafted vines.
Source: hackaday.com