... long rows of Concord...

Forum: Food....and Wine Posted By: Beth Sheligo Post Time: 09-29-2007 at 03:23 PM

New York is famous for its Concord grapes - more than 30,000 acres of vineyards are tended. In fact, the region where they are grown is nicknamed "The Concord Grape Belt." This area of the state is a narrow strip... Continue...

This is our old Concord plot, covered in ice and snow...

Concord grapevines this morning. I was so surprised to see the amount of growth. They are much earlier than last year. I was posting a picture of a grapevine with much less growth last year on April 12th. They are calling for a frost maybe Wednesday night. Here's hoping the weatherman is wrong...

Remember those healthy looking new Concord shoots I showed you last week? The story is not the same this week. Mother Nature can be cruel. As soon as you feel like you've got the whole growing grapes things figured out, you've mastered your spray schedule, you've pruned to perfection, you've picked a perfect trellis system, something comes along the next year and throws a wrench into your wheel...

11% alcohol51% or more Concord Grape wineFrom the bottle:A specially sweetened kosher wine containing not less than 51% concord. Today is the fourth anniversary of Wine Blogging Wednesday ... it again. Okay. I did.Manischewitz Concord Grape was part of every ceremony, from simple Shabbot ... counterpart Mogen David Concord Grape, were the first wines I ever tasted, and likely the only ones I tasted...

... of Agriculture and Food Chemistry suggests grape juice made from Concord grapes may be an outstanding source among popular juices and juice drinks. Concord Grape Juice Delivers Highest Antioxidant Capacity...

Himrod, Concord . . . what's next...

This is Dad picking Concord grapes that are misplaced in the Vignoles. They came from the nursery that way, and they are a real nuisance, but we can't machine harvest these rows of Vignoles until we pick these few Concord grapes...