Based on the idea that the Old Norse name "Vinland", mentioned in the Icelandic Sagas, meant "wine-land", historians had long speculated that the region contained wild grapes.
Con base na idea de que o nome dos antigos nórdicos "Vinland", mencionado nas "Sagas de islandeses", significaba "terra de viño", os historiadores especularan hai tempo que a rexión contiña uvas salvaxes.