Catawba grapes

This year’s drought wreaked havoc on our usually very reliable Concord grapes: As you can see, they shriveled and died on the v...

Long before the masses of European grape varieties like Pinot Noir, Merlot and Cabernet (Vitis vinifera) set root in American vineyards, North America was coated with its own unique collection of grapevine species. Once named ‘Vinland’ by very early Norse European explorers, who discovered masses of vines creeping along the edges of forest clearings. American […]

Carménère grape

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Popular for table use, juice, jelly, champagne and red wine. Hardy vines produce large clusters of medium-size, sprietly-sweet red slip-skin fruit. ...

The grapes of New York, by U.P. Hedrick, assisted by N.O. Booth, O.M. Taylor, R. Wellington, M.J. Dorsey. Albany :J.B. Lyon Co., state printers,1908 <a href="http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30095#page/801/mode/1up" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30095#page/801/mode/1up</a>

Is it really true - only wineries can grow grapes. Of course not. They can be grown by anyone and are one of the most widely produced fruits in the world. There are, however, many different types of grapes

Coccoloba

Growing grapes is as much a labor of the brain as the hands, with a little guesswork thrown in for fun. Nearly every aspect of planting and maintaining a grapevine or two takes a little effort and a lot of planning, but the tasty, useful fruit is worth it.

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