How many vines?

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I have a single Cabernet vine that I planted as a test- to see how hard it would be to grow my own. Looks like its doing really well this season. I'm thinking to plant some more now but wondering about how many vines to get a carboy or two worth of wine every year? I know it's about 100 ponds to get 5 gallons, but how many pounds should I expect per vine? Here's my little Cabernet..

 

[grapeman]

You will want 8-10 vines for 100 pounds of Cab.

 

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Thanks grapeman. I'll go for about 12 to be on the safe side. I'm actually thinking about Meritage, so maybe a few other varieties. Do they all yield pretty different amounts?

 

[grapeman]

They all yield similar amounts- more what you allow to stay on the vine than what they will grow. Most will bear more than they can ripen well so you thin back at some point to get the target number of bunches.