In article >, (Scott B.) wrote:
>Hi all,
>I'm a complete newbie to winemaking and had a couple of questions. I
>am moving into a new house soon and as part of the landscaping would
>like to use grapevines to define the back border of our lot. The
>house is in southern Wisconsin. 1. what types of grapes would grow
>best in this climate?

Frontenac is a hybrid developed at the University of Minnesota. It's
supposedly cold-hardy down to minus 40 degrees. Properly cultivated, it bears
heavily, and makes *very* good wine.

Minus 40???
Those are Alaska temps.. Someone made a grape that will grow here?
Does it require a long growing season and can it survive with mucho
daylight (up to 22 hours of a 24 hour period)????

Later,
A. J. Rawls
Anchorage, Alaska, USA

On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 17:31:19 GMT, (Doug Miller)
wrote:

>In article >, (Scott B.) wrote:
>>Hi all,
>>I'm a complete newbie to winemaking and had a couple of questions. I
>>am moving into a new house soon and as part of the landscaping would
>>like to use grapevines to define the back border of our lot. The
>>house is in southern Wisconsin. 1. what types of grapes would grow
>>best in this climate?
>
>Frontenac is a hybrid developed at the University of Minnesota. It's
>supposedly cold-hardy down to minus 40 degrees. Properly cultivated, it bears
>heavily, and makes *very* good wine.

Go for it!!


"A.J. Rawls" > wrote in message
...
> Minus 40???
> Those are Alaska temps.. Someone made a grape that will grow here?
> Does it require a long growing season and can it survive with mucho
> daylight (up to 22 hours of a 24 hour period)????
>
> Later,
> A. J. Rawls
> Anchorage, Alaska, USA
>
> On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 17:31:19 GMT, (Doug Miller)
> wrote:
>
> >In article >,
(Scott B.) wrote:
> >>Hi all,
> >>I'm a complete newbie to winemaking and had a couple of questions. I
> >>am moving into a new house soon and as part of the landscaping would
> >>like to use grapevines to define the back border of our lot. The
> >>house is in southern Wisconsin. 1. what types of grapes would grow
> >>best in this climate?
> >
> >Frontenac is a hybrid developed at the University of Minnesota. It's
> >supposedly cold-hardy down to minus 40 degrees. Properly cultivated, it
bears
> >heavily, and makes *very* good wine.
>

> Frontenac is a hybrid developed at the University of Minnesota. It's
> supposedly cold-hardy down to minus 40 degrees. Properly cultivated, it bears
> heavily, and makes *very* good wine.


Hi....from what I've been told Frontenac has very high acid levels if
you dont let them hang long enough......once fully ripe they need
another week or so for the acid to "drop" then the levels are more
acceptable ....that is if you're growning season is long
enough........myself I figure if one is not that concerned about
adding acid reducing additives they may be worth growing....they can't
have acid levels much higher than what I grow here in eastern Canada
now....valiants and minnesota78's......Andy J.,Fredericton
,N.B.,Canada.....