'Good' Grapes for White Wine
Adalmiina, one of the tastiest of the white grapes in our vineyard, early, zone 4.
Brix 19.3 on Oct 6, 2017
Brix 18.8 on Sept 5, 2018
Brix 16.3 on Sept 16, 2019
By Oct 6 berries and leaves are degrading.
Alpenglow (ES-6-16-30), tasty but too soon for evaluation, very early, zone 4.
Brix 13.4 on Sept 16, 2019
Brilliant, said to make a "stunning rosé wine," too soon for evaluation. Mid-season, zone 5b.
Clondike, very tasty, said to produce excellent Riesling type wine, zone 4.
Brix 19.6 on Sept 15, 2017.
Brix 22.5 on Sept 5, 2018.
Brix 16.3 on Aug 27, 2019.
Brix 15.7 On Aug 22, 2020.
Clondike, very tasty, said to produce excellent Riesling type wine, zone 4.
Brix 19.6 on Sept 15, 2017.
Brix 22.5 on Sept 5, 2018.
Brix 16.3 on Aug 27, 2019.
Brix 15.7 On Aug 22, 2020.
Delaware, too early to evaluate, delicious grapes even at low brix of 14.3, early, zone 5b.
Brix 14.3 on Sept 25, 2021.
Dilemma, too soon to evaluate, diseased first year, low vigor, mid-season, zone 5b.
Dilemma, too soon to evaluate, diseased first year, low vigor, mid-season, zone 5b.
ES 10-18-14/15, delicious, too soon for evaluation, zone 4a.
Brix 17.5 on Sept 25, 2021.
ES 10-18-30, too soon for evaluation, early, zone 3a.
Frontenac Blanc, too soon for evaluation. 2019 was not a good year on my site for the Frontenac series, mid to late, zone 3b.
Brix 16.3 on Sept 16, 2019
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Itasca, advertised as a highly-disease resistant wine grape, too soon for evaluation, mid-season, zone 4. |
Jubilee of Swenson, diseased the first two years but much better the third year, too soon for evaluation, mid-season, zone 4.
Brix 24.6 on Oct 10, 2017.
Brix 22.1 on Sept 5, 2018.
Brix 19.8 on Oct 1, 2019.
Brix 21.6 on Sept 19, 2021.
L'Acadie Blanc, very tasty, healthy, productive. Mid to late, zone 4a.
Brix 19.1 on Oct 4, 2017
Brix 17.7 on Sept 5, 2018.
Brix 14.3 on Sept 16, 2019.
Louise Swenson, mid-season, very productive, beautiful large grapes, zone 3.
Too soon for evaluation. The taste is good but a little strange. They were doing fine, then one day in 2021, I went out there and they all rotted. It may be they went bye, it was bird damage, or it was disease. Will watch more closely next year.
Brix 16.9 on Sept 5, 2018
Brix 15.7 on Sept 12, 2020
Minnesota Emerald, very tasty, said to produce excellent Riesling type wine. In 2017 berries cracked after fall rain. Late, zone 4.
Brix 18.3 on Oct 10, 2017.
Brix 15.5 on Sept 16, 2019.
Mrs. Munson (white Muscat-like wine), too soon for evaluation, mid-season, zone 5
Brix 16.5 on Oct 1, 2019.
Brix 15.0 on Oct 18, 2021.
Petite Amie, very tasty, healthy, productive, shows good potential, early, zone 4?, 5?
Want to buy more of these.
Brix 16.7 on Sept 21, 2017
Brix 15.8 on Sept 17, 2021
Prairie Star, tasty, productive, may have disease issue, too soon for evaluation. Very early, zone 3.
Brix 19.2 on Sept 26, 2018.
Brix 15.1 on Aug 27, 2019.
Brix 15.8 on Sept 17, 2021.
Brix 19.2 on Sept 26, 2018.
Brix 15.1 on Aug 27, 2019.
Brix 15.8 on Sept 17, 2021.
Prestige, very tasty, some mildew on stems, too soon for evaluation, mid-season, zone 4.
Brix 19.4 on Oct 6, 2017.
Brix 18.5 on Sept 26, 2018.
Reform, early, zone 5.
This is not Reform. Reform is a white grape. There must have been a mixup by the supplier.
Brix 13.2 on Sept 25, 2021.
Sandy Moon, tasty, said to produce excellent Riesling type wine, early to mid-season, zone 4.
Brix 20.9 on Oct 4, 2017
Brix 19.8 on Sep 5, 2018
Solaris, delicious grapes, tender, too soon for evaluation. Very early, zone 5-ish.
Brix 17.5 on Aug 27, 2019.
'Rejected' Grapes for White Wine
Aromella, very little growth, with diseased leaves in the first 3 years. Mid-season, zone 4b.
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Brianna, zone 3. More grapes are diseased than not. Delicious grape, but too subject to disease. |
Cayuga White, unhealthy plant with diseased leaves, early to mid-season, zone 5.
Frontenac Gris, healthy some years but heavily diseased in others. Not very tasty fresh, nor as wine. Mid to late, zone 3b.
Geisenheim 318, unhealthy plant with diseased leaves resulting in lack of ripening. The vine died to ground level during the winter of 2017-2018; but started new shoots in Spring of 2018 which again proved to be unhealthy, therefore, pulled out this vine. Late, zone 5a.
Brix 13.8 on Oct 4, 2017.
Kay Gray, healthy but fresh grapes have a fair to poor taste on our site. Most say it does not make a good wine. In a warmer climate, they are said to taste better. In our climate, we can do better with other varieties,. Early, zone 2b.
La Crescent, diseased, no growth, all leaves died, early, zone 3b.
Monastery Muscat, poor growth with diseased leaves, zone 5b
New York Muscat, diseased leaves, delicious grapes but most of them rotted away before ripening, mid-season, zone 6.
Orion, diseased, stunted growth, mid-season, zone 4.
Osceola Muscat (ES 8-2-43), delicious grapes but most of them get diseased and rot away before ripening, early, zone 4a.
Ravat 34, diseased, stunted growth, died over winter, however is said to have good disease-resistance. Tried it in two locations without success. A winery in British Columbia (Zone 6) reports this cultivar has trouble ripening in some years so it probably would not be good for our site. Mid-season, zone 5.
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Swenson White, large berries, unfortunately most leaves and berries become diseased. Mid to late, zone 4a. Brix 18.1 on Sept 26, 2018. |
Traminette, diseased, stunted growth, most leaves died, late, zone 5.
Valvin Muscat, diseased, stunted growth, most leaves died. Requires grafting to be productive; however, I do not want to deal with grafted vines since it is too labor intensive to protect the vines during winter. Mid-season, zone 5b to 6a.
Vidal Blanc, diseased, stunted growth, late, zone 5 to 6.
Wild White, healthy large berries but would not ripen on our site. Also, it gets attacked by grape wine borer, guessing very late, guessing zone 4.
Brix 13.5 on Oct 4, 2017.