wine time
It was about five years ago when my friend, Carl, offered me two grape vines he'd removed from his yard. One of the vines is a Florida hybrid developed at USF which has a metal tag "FL primo bunch 'pink'". The second vine had no identification, so I'm not sure of the variety. Wayne built a simple arbor using pressure treated 4 x 4's and trellis panels to make a home for the grapes. From grapes! This year may prove to be our best harvest, yet. The primo pink has lots of almost mature grapes. The no-name vine is completely covered with tiny clusters. We've tried eating the primos in past years. They're a bit tart. We've never had mature grapes from the no-name vine. This year we may have enough of both to make wine. That has me thinking ahead to designing a label (Dragon's blood, anyone?). Before that happens, I need to learn how to make wine . It seems to involve bare feet and a large vat. From grapes! From grap...