Hi ...something tells me to get started on this early.Does anyone know
of any growers in Nova Scotia,Quebec or Ontario who sell fresh grapes
to the home winemaker? I bought california grapes last fall but would
prefer to buy "local"....Red wine grapes are my main interest.....of
course price is a consideration as well as shipping costs as I live in
New Brunswick....Andy J.

Rumour has in in my area (New Zealand) that wineries allow people to
hand-pick after the mechanical pickers have been through. There would
seem to be some truth in the rumours because a few years back I was a
2nd-hand recipient of some grapes, but at the moment I'm still trying to
find a source to the season about to start.

I drive past vineyards everyday so I'm ideally situated. And I fod 2
buckest off my own vine last weekend, which is a table grape type rather
than a wine grape.


Andy j. wrote:
> Hi ...something tells me to get started on this early.Does anyone know
> of any growers in Nova Scotia,Quebec or Ontario who sell fresh grapes
> to the home winemaker? I bought california grapes last fall but would
> prefer to buy "local"....Red wine grapes are my main interest.....of
> course price is a consideration as well as shipping costs as I live in
> New Brunswick....Andy J.

Andy j. wrote:

> Hi ...something tells me to get started on this early.Does anyone know
> of any growers in Nova Scotia,Quebec or Ontario who sell fresh grapes
> to the home winemaker? I bought california grapes last fall but would
> prefer to buy "local"....Red wine grapes are my main interest.....of
> course price is a consideration as well as shipping costs as I live in
> New Brunswick....Andy J.

There are vineyards in Nova Scotia, that is where I would look to first,
shipping from Ontario would be expensive unless you can team up with
some other vintner's to split costs.

--
charles

"Once ... in the wilds of Afghanistan, I lost my corkscrew, and we were
forced to live on nothing but food and water for days."
- W.C. Fields

"Andy j." > wrote in message
om...
> Hi ...something tells me to get started on this early.Does anyone know
> of any growers in Nova Scotia,Quebec or Ontario who sell fresh grapes
> to the home winemaker? I bought california grapes last fall but would
> prefer to buy "local"....Red wine grapes are my main interest.....of
> course price is a consideration as well as shipping costs as I live in
> New Brunswick....Andy J.

Best I can do is this page from the Amateur Winemakers of Ontario website.

http://www.makewine.com/resource/grapes99.html

It might be outdated and you would have to check to see if they ship, these
might be for local pickup only.

Brian