Concord
Blue-Black
Jam, Jelly, & Wine Grape

Ripening Season

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Harvest
Notes

Location in Vineyard

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• Rows 1 & 2
• Rows 48 & 49
• Rows 83 to 85 North
• Rows 80 to 83 South

Rows 1 & 2 were part of the original vineyard planted in 1983. Concord has been very popular and more rows have been planted over the years. The last planting (rows 80 to 83) were done in 2005.

The rows on the East side of the vineyard are trained to a Geneva Double Curtain trellis, which means there are 2 top wires 4 feet apart (like utility poles) This gives the vines more room to grow.

Winemaking Notes

Most people like concord wine with a sweet finish. Mogan David has made this type of wine one of their best sellers.

We incuded some concord grapes in two wines that we had at our daughter's, (Liz & Mark) wedding in 2006. It was a very pleasant "grapey" tasting wine.

Variety Notes

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Introduced to the northeastern United States by Ephraim Bull around 1850, Concord is a historically-important and very hardy Native American Vitus labrusca cultivar. In 1869, Dr. Thomas Welch used the grape to process fresh grape juice. Welch’s bottled grape juice industry continues to thrive to this day. Currently, Concord is responsible for over half a million tons of grapes, produced in Washington State, the eastern states and Ontario. Much of Concord’s production is destined for juice, jelly or for table grapes. However, a significant amount is used to make sweet-finished wine – much of which is made kosher. It typically ripens by mid-late October. Like its popular offspring Niagara, it produces small vines and low crops, unless grafted onto a good growth rootstock and planted in soils of optimum fertility.