'Good' Grapes for Concord Wine
Bluebell is also delicious fresh or frozen, jam is fair but off color, productive, zone 3.
15.4 Brix on Sept 16, 2019.
14.4 Brix on Sept 23, 2021.
14.4 Brix on Oct 24, 2021.
King of the North, tasty though tart, very productive, beautiful grapes, zone 3. Transplanted vine in 2018 so need to wait for it to reestablish.
21.2 Brix on Sept 21, 2017
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Polar Isaura, too early to tell, zone 4. 14.0 Brix on Sep 26, 2018 |
Steuben is delicious, healthy, has beautiful clusters, and is very productive. It is also quite versatile. It can make these wines: Concord, White, Rose'. It is also good for table, jam, juice, and freezing, zone 4b.
18.3 Brix on Oct 1, 2019.
16.6 Brix on Sept 25, 2021.
'Rejected' Grapes for Concord Wine
Alwood has tasty large grapes, but is heavily diseased with Anthracnose, zone 5,
17.2 Brix on Sept 24, 2017
Concord, Wild, Blue has diseased leaves and the berries do not ripen on our site, zone 4,
9.7 Brix on Oct 4, 2017
9.7 Brix on Oct 4, 2017
Sheridan is a strange case. It appeared to be healthy and doing fine for two years. It had healthy grapes, and then, suddenly, overnight, all the leaves on the entire vine wilted and died. You can see the leaves just hanging down. It was a real shocker and disappointment.
Other vines on the same grape arbor were unaffected. Since we grow everything organically, there are no poisons on our property that we are aware of. Perhaps nematodes or voles were the cause. It remains an intriguing mystery. In any event, I decided against replanting since Sheridan is categorized as a "very late" ripening grape, i.e. December. I have since found out that varieties categorized as "late" do not ripen on our site, so "very late" would not work for us at all. Zone 4.
St. Anna, does not ripen on our site, zone 4.
12.4 Brix on Sept 26, 2018.
13.9 Brix on Oct 1, 2019
Sunbelt has healthy, large grapes; but did not ripen on our site because it needs a longer growing season. They looked good after they turned blue but did not ripen. Zone 4.
12.1 Brix on Oct 4, 2017