some pictures from the grape harvest this weekend...

[cosmiccowboy]

I was shocked...Had 32 vines (two different varieties) and picked 160# of grapes after being de-stemmed with still probably 50# still finishing ripening...I'm starting to appreciate why a decent wine costs so much LOL.

[Beerkat]

Looks delicious.

How many bottles of wine do you get out per season?

[Snapper]

Those look awesome!! Congrats on a great crop.

[cosmiccowboy]

Looks delicious.

How many bottles of wine do you get out per season?

i am brand new to this and this is and my vines are only 2 years old. This is my first harvest. After crushing and doing all the stuff to them I currently have 25 gallons of "must" brewing and am GUESSING that will translate to about 60 bottles of wine...

[LastHurrah]

Awesome!

[jpbruni]

VERY NICE Jack! My BIL had his first harvest last year (I had a couple of glasses of his vintage last night as a matter of fact!) and it turned out great. My boys and his 2 sons did the stomping and it was a blast!

I didn't really know what to expect but it was amazing how good the wine came out.

Let us know how the wine turns out.

Here are a few pics from our stomp...

J.P.

[brunner]

That's so cool!

[cosmiccowboy]

My sister asked if we were going to stomp the grapes (I bought a little crusher) and I told her "Good Lord! Have you ever looked at my FEET?"

[jpbruni]

My sister asked if we were going to stomp the grapes (I bought a little crusher) and I told her "Good Lord! Have you ever looked at my FEET?"

That's why we let the kids do it

J.P.

[Strummer]

What kind of grapes are they ? Im wanting to get some vines to plant .

[Oneway]

Awesome Pics and story, thanks for sharing!

[cosmiccowboy]

What kind of grapes are they ? Im wanting to get some vines to plant .

My vines are all 2 years old and this is their first year with grapes.

16 vines are "Black Spanish" or "Lenoir" and specifically "Favorite". These were the real prolific bearers and we got a little over 100# picked with probably 40# still on the vine finishing ripening.

The other 16 are "Conquistador"...a Florida State hybrid...They produced about 60#...very tight clusters and naturally a little sweeter than the 'Favorite"

I did a lot of research before jumping into this and tried to pick varieties I thought could survive in South Texas.

[Bowtech Lefty]

That is really cool, thanks for sharing!

[jetlag887]

Those are beautiful grapes, good job!!

[ashx2]

Not a conesuer (sp?) of wine.......so I see lots of JELLY!!

Lots of good clusters that's for sure!

Greg