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Grapevine: Aromella and Arandell join the party

Ripe merlot grapes ready for picking during harvest

Photo credit: Randee Daddona

Aromella, greet chardonnay.

Arandell, meet merlot.

They're the names given to two new grapes that grew out of a Cornell University competiton in which more than 1,000 nominations were made.

Both grapes could be grown on Long Island.

The winners were introduced today at the Viticulture 2012 conference in Rochester, N.Y.

Among the losing nominees were Stewart White and...

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