St. Pepin Grape page

New Sample Grape Page

This is a new grape variety search page that we are developing.

We would like to make you VERY FAMILIAR with every variety we grow, how to make wine from them, and where they are located in the vineyard. We want to provide all the information you need to decide which variety to use.

I am sure that our customers have much more experience in how to find grapes in our vineyard than we do.

We would like your input about this project.

White Wine Grape Page
St. Pepin

St. Pepin
Ripens Early September	Developed by Elmer Swenson in Osceola, Wisconsin. An early ripening grape with some Seyval heritage. Very fruity Germanic style white wine.
Location	Rows 62 & 63
Harvest Notes	This area is for weekly up to date information on harvest conditions.
Farm Personal Notes	This variety was planted in 2001 and has performed quite well. The grape clusters are somewhat "loose" and makes picking slightly more difficult that others, but the wine is worth it. It is grown on a Geneval Double Curtain trellis which means that each row has 2 curtains full of foliage and grapes.
Personal Winemaking Notes	I have made wine from St. Pepin in 2006, harvested in Mid October - it was very nice, I made it with a slightly sweet finish.
More Information from Websites about this Variety	St. Pepin Origin: (MN 78 x S. 1000) x Seyval; Elmer Swenson, 1981. Uses: White wine, juice. St. Pepin is a sister seedling of La Crosse. St. Pepin makes a high-quality wine; one of the best whites that can be grown in Minnesota. Unfortunately, this variety is pistillate (male sterile), so another variety must be interplanted with St. Pepin to provide pollen. St. Pepin also makes a pleasing juice, unlike many wine grapes. It may suffer some winter dieback in central Minnesota. This vine has average susceptibility to downy mildew, powdery mildew, and black rot.
More Information from Websites about this Variety	Double A Nursery University of Minnesota
Websites that sell wine from this variety and ship it to you.

This area is for a visual map of the vineyard showing the location of the St. Pepin rows.

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