Canadice Grapevine - Standard
Canadice produces compact clusters with medium size, pink to light red seedless berries. A slip skin variety with tender and edible skin with a distinct but not overpoweringly labrusca flavor.
Canadice produces compact clusters with medium size, pink to light red seedless berries. A slip skin variety with tender and edible skin with a distinct but not overpoweringly labrusca flavor.
Merlot is Bourdeaux's most planted grape variety, known for its smooth texture and outstanding varietal wines, but often blended with Cabernet Sauvignon. Earlier ripening than Cabernet Sauvignon, but not as winter hardy.
Mars is a productive vine with medium-sized clusters of medium to large slipskin berries that turn from crimson to deep blue at maturity. Fruit has a thick slipskin, resistant to cracking. Fruit holds well on the vine and is suited for extended periods of harvest.
Chardonel is a productive, late-ripening white wine grape with improved winter hardiness over its Chardonnay parent. Can produce an excellent white wine when fruit is mature. Like Chardonnay, wines can be fermented and aged in stainless steel to produce fruit forward wines, or they can be barrel ...
Steuben produces to large, compact clusters of medium-sized, spherical slipskin berries with a spicy tang. Steuben can produce an aromatic white, blush, or rosé wine.
Gewürztraminer is a musqué mutation of Traminer that produces compact clusters of small, spicy, pinkish-red grapes with high natural sugar and low acidity, so is best suited for cooler climates. The best wines exhibit lychee and heavily scented roses complemented with spice.
Swenson Red produces medium to large conical clusters with large, round, non-slipskin berries with firm flesh. Can be used to make a distinctive white wine as fermentation on the skins is not recommended.
Prairie Star is a vigorous vine that produces long, loose clusters, is moderately productive, and does not require cluster thinning. Prairie Star can produce wines that lack foxiness with good hybrid wine quality. Poor fruit set has been seen in some seasons.
Referred to as "the best American table grape" in The Grapes of New York (Hedrick, 1907), Delaware is an early-ripening red variety with small berries and clusters, and mild flavor. Of the labrusca types, it has the best fruity notes and the least labrusca character. It requires a deep, fertile, ...
Valvin Muscat produces a highly aromatic, high quality muscat wine with improved winter hardiness and disease resistance over its vinifera parent (Muscat Ottonel). Only sold as grafted vines as own-rooted vines typically have low vine vigor.
Marquis is a productive vine with large clusters of large spherical berries with melting texture and excellent flavor. Fruit holds well on the vine and after harvest. Marquis has been used to make a fruity table wine with hints of pineapple.
Chambourcin is a late ripening grape that can produce a highly rated red wine when fully mature. It requires a long growing season and at least 3000 GDD to fully mature. Vines tend to over-produce, so some cluster thinning is often necessary to produce high quality, deeply colored and aromatic wi...
Vignoles produces small, compact clusters highly susceptible to Botrytis bunch rot. Fruit can develop high sugar content while maintaining acidity, so Vignoles can be used to make late harvest desert wines in addition to dry to semi-dry table wines.
Vidal Blanc is a productive white wine grape with medium-sized berries borne on very large, compact tapering clusters. Vidal can produce a semi-dry varietal wine and is often blended with other white hybrids. Fruit has thick skin and is highly resistant to fruit rots so can be used to make late h...
Hope - [Pat. PP25,697] is a green seedless grape with a fruity flavor and high yields. Berries are non-slipskin, typically without traces of seeds, while fruit texture is soft. Vines are moderate in vigor, but negative observations on Hope have included excessively tight clusters and moderately t...
Villard Blanc produces a late-ripening white grape in large, loose, compound clusters and has good resistance to Pierce's disease. Produces an outstanding table grape and is typically used for blending to produce more neutral white wines.
Widely grown in Galacia (northwest Spain) and Portugal (where it is known as Albarino), Albariño produces distinctive, aromatic, high quality wines, one of the few Spanish white varieties used to produce a varietal wine. Grown in a humid, maritime climate, it has thick skin making it resistant to...
Gamay is a purple grape variety best known for producing red wines in Beaujolais and the Loire Valley. It’s a vigorous vine that thrives in acidic soils, which helps soften its naturally high acidity. Wines made from Gamay are typically light-bodied and fruity, with flavors of bright berries, lil...
Thomcord is highly productive with large clusters of medium-sized berries, but unlike Concord, it has adherent skin. The aromatic Labrusca flavor is similar to that of Concord but mellower.
This red wine grape makes wine with characteristics of both Cabernet Sauvignon and Petite Sirah and is resistant to Pierce's Disease. This selection ripens early and the berries are relatively large, and the well filled clusters are medium sized. Tasting notes include bright red fruit, tannic and...