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  • La Crescent is a French-American Hybrid variety. This white grape provides a very cold hardy and moderately disease resistant variety for growers.
  • Marquette is a French-American hybrid variety, proprietary to the University of Minnesota. Marquette is promising for cold-climate producers and is less susceptible to fungi such as powdery mildew and black rot.
  • Albariño from Spain is the same as Alvarinho in Portugal.  It is a common variety in both of these countries that has slowly been gaining in popularity in the United States.  The clusters are small with lots of space between the berries.  It is not suitable to cold winter temperatures. It is a medium producer that produces light, fruity wines with a higher acidity.
  • Exotic is a purple/black seedless table grape. It is very productive with round, juicy berries.
  • Perlette is a white seedless table grape. It is a very early season variety with small, round, "pearl shaped berries." It is a very good raisin variety.  This variety performs best with cane pruning.
  • Rootstock ONLY is just what is says; "rootstock only."  There is no grape variety grafted to it.  Use this option if you want to do your own grafting in the field. This is a great option for shade arbors also.  Rootstock varieties produce little or no fruit.  But, they look just like a fruiting variety without the maintenance and care that comes with producing fruit. Rootstock varieties are also Pierece's disease resistant.  
  • A white grape variety most commonly found in the Northern Rhone region of France. This variety often produces a relatively heavy crop of loosely clustered berries that prefer dry warm regions to grow in. The wine shows flavors of melon, honeydew and mineral, along with undertones of nuttiness. This could be a great substitution for Chardonnay or could be blended with Roussanne.
  • Princess ripens mid-season with large, white (green), seedless berries with a muscat flavor.  The berry and cluster shape resemble Thompson Seedless.  Like Thompson Seedless, this variety should be cane-pruned.
  • Summer Royal is a mid-season black seedless variety that can be used for eating fresh or dried to make raisins.
  • Summer Muscat is an mid-late season seedless variety that can be used for eating fresh or dried to make raisins. This variety is suitable for DOV (Dried On the Vine) raisins.  But it is also a very good table variety.  It has a strong muscat flavor and is very productive.
  • Montepulciano is notable grape variety in Italy.  It is a productive, late ripening variety that likes a hot, dry growing season.  It is susceptible to Winter temperatures below 20 degrees F so is not recommended in cold climates.  Typically, it is used in high quality wines of Central and Southern Italy.  The wines produced have a deep ruby color with moderate acidity.
  • A white wine grape grown in the Northern Rhone with tight clustered berries that have a golden color when ripe. In warm climates the wine shows aromas of flowery herbal tea with undertones of salinity and minerality. The wine has flavors of honey and pear with a rich full body. Many times Roussanne is blended with Marsanne or Viognier.

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