[JRandomFreeper]

The wood grain is tighter because the trees grew during a cold period in Northern Italy.

Even cooks know stuff like that.

/johnny

[thecodont]

The wood grain is tighter because the trees grew during a cold period in Northern Italy.

You've probably read about Lorenzo Pellegrini.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22094279

Who knows but with global cooling, the world might be heading in the direction of once again producing Stradivarius-grade lumber.