Oras Infundel, Soot at a Loss

In December 97, i get an email from a scientist in croatia named ivan peitch. He's asking for my help to better understand the grapes of croatia. So i said, yes, i will help you understand what you've got in croat if you will help me find infundel. And he says, what's infundel? Yo'v never heard the name before, rioi said. It's a very important grape in california that we have good reason to think originated inCroatia. Yu and so serandipity, science hand in hand.