My dad has 7 old concord vines that have a ton of grapes this year in Ohio. Not sure what can be done with concord other than a sweet wine. I have 2 new vines that just had a few clusters this year...I forget variety, makes a rose type wine I think.
My dad has 7 old concord vines that have a ton of grapes this year in Ohio. Not sure what can be done with concord other than a sweet wine. I have 2 new vines that just had a few clusters this year...I forget variety, makes a rose type wine I think.
Sounds good . I've been thinking of adding Grenache to my vineyard.Vermilion, OH
less than a mile from lake erie
zone 6A
180 vidal blanc - 120 are in third season, 60 are in second season
90 delaware - planted this spring
long term goal is icewine
Cool, Im not sure what i will get from my grapes, but i can tell you that my 40 year old Criolla Vines are managing to produce a pretty high yield considering they were dry grown with next to no water for the past 15 years and nobody managed to trim them down or even take care of them.I grow, in order of quantity, Delicious, Tara, Ison, Triumph, Eudora, Majesty, Darlene, Supreme, Unknown, and Big Red. For those of you scratching your heads and thinking WTH? Yes, Heck. These are muscadines, native to the southeastern U. S. The source of America's first commercial wine. They haven't been bred and selected for thousands of years for winemaking, so they don't compare well to vinifera grapes for winemaking, especially if the standard used to compare is vinifera wine. They have 40 chromosomes as opposed to the 38 in all the other grapes. Yes, that make viniferas the retarded cousin. I grow them because they are immune or resistant to most grape diseases, fungus, and insects. I have never sprayed insect spray or fungicide on them. I have a couple of producing vines that are not on trellises. Just growing there on the ground. Right next to the dirt, bugs, humidity, etc. They are also not bothered by squirrels or birds. Opossums, skunks, and raccoons are the only serious predators I'm likely to encounter. Muscadine vines produce from 40 pounds to 200 pounds of grapes per vine and prefer a spacing of 20 feet. I didn't start growing them for the purpose of winemaking, but saw that as a means of preserving the fruit for year round consumption. They are one of the superfoods (I also grow 2 other superfood berries I make wine with, elderberries and aronia.) I have somewhere in the range of 60 vines.
I grow, in order of quantity, Delicious, Tara, Ison, Triumph, Eudora, Majesty, Darlene, Supreme, Unknown, and Big Red. For those of you scratching your heads and thinking WTH? Yes, Heck. These are muscadines, native to the southeastern U. S. The source of America's first commercial wine. They haven't been bred and selected for thousands of years for winemaking, so they don't compare well to vinifera grapes for winemaking, especially if the standard used to compare is vinifera wine. They have 40 chromosomes as opposed to the 38 in all the other grapes. Yes, that make viniferas the retarded cousin. I grow them because they are immune or resistant to most grape diseases, fungus, and insects. I have never sprayed insect spray or fungicide on them. I have a couple of producing vines that are not on trellises. Just growing there on the ground. Right next to the dirt, bugs, humidity, etc. They are also not bothered by squirrels or birds. Opossums, skunks, and raccoons are the only serious predators I'm likely to encounter. Muscadine vines produce from 40 pounds to 200 pounds of grapes per vine and prefer a spacing of 20 feet. I didn't start growing them for the purpose of winemaking, but saw that as a means of preserving the fruit for year round consumption. They are one of the superfoods (I also grow 2 other superfood berries I make wine with, elderberries and aronia.) I have somewhere in the range of 60 vines.
In California my zone is 9B. I don't start getting frost untill well in December.Thanks for your response. I will continue to research this before I decide to pop to cork. The vines I have are winter hardy and have withstood the cold readily. I did have a Himrod that failed to emerge from dormancy this year and it should have been ok in our zone (6A). But as I tell my wife, we live in frost hollow as it seems to frost here before the higher elevations around us. I would feel better if one was rated to Zone 4 or 5, but the one I mentioned (Nesbitt) is rated for Zone 6 and warmer. It may not be hardy enough for here.
I have a space of 9 months each year where stuff will grow, with hot summers, frost starts around 15th of December and ends by the first of March. So it's a pretty good grape growing region.
Unfortunately it did cause some damage to my Barbera vines.
ah, well that is early enough that later ripening vines would be at risk, because of where i live i can grow almost every type of grape, so i guess i count myself lucky lol.We can get frost sometime in October with the last being as late as the end of May. Last year we had a hard freeze on May 15th that killed all the new growth on the vines. But they are hardy and came back, just a little later than they should. So I pick hardy vines that have reach maturity earlier.
Oh my, I planted what I like to drink
Reds.
Cab Sauv
Cab franc
Sangiovese
Tempranillo
Merlot
Syrah
Petit Sirah
Petit Verdot
Malbec, ok I got these by pruning at a commercial vineyard
Whites
Sauvignon Blanc
Riesling
Viognier
Chardonnay
Gwertraminer
Pino Blanc
Total of ~450 vines
Yup, I’m nuts. In hindsight, stick to two or three ....... on the other hand I just did a tasting of five reds for a friend’s sister’s wedding, as in what to suggest to her, all 2015. Variety is fun but more work!
That said, if you really have an Alicante Bouschet, please, please send me a cutting!
Well Tempranillo likes hot weather and sand, im in California on the central coast south of The Paso Robles area so I dont have to worry about mildew. I think it would do well here, typically though where im at is ideal for Rhone Varietals. As its nearly identical in climate to Rhone.No idea where you are, but I’ll happily post you some Malbec for Alicante. My Malbec is only 4 years old, but coming on nice. Seems to love our hot summers.
I’m having a love/ hate with Tempranillo. It is growing like crazy, but I’ve some what I suspect is leaf roll virus, and tons of mildew. I’ve ripped out the dozen or so vines that looked diseased, we’ll see. Makes decent wine, just not sure it is a fit for my little spot on the planet.
If you are serious about a swap, let’s keep in touch.
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