Boston vinifera

BobDrob: There is a winery called Westport Rivers that is near Boston and growing vinifera. You ought to go visit them and see what they are doing. They make kick 'em sparkling wine with Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.

Michael Amig> greetings ! It seems that a local HBW store is offering vinifera stock for

There is also Jewell Town Vineyards in South Hampton, just over the border from Amesbury.

Personally, I think reds are going to have a hard time ripening around here so I went with Riesling.

Andy

The Frank brothers grow vinifera in the Finger Lakes region of NY; I'm pretty sure they mound over for winter. It's a lot of work. Their father was Konstatin Frank, he always advocated growing vinifera, he grew them back in Russia as I recall. They make good wines there. Make sure you use the right rootstock.

Joe

I think it was the Ukraine, but close enough.

I'm going to disagree with this. They make ok wines there. IMHO, that area makes ok whites (with poor QPR) and uninteresting to undrinkable reds. I haven't tried every winery, but I have tried a pretty good cross section including the ones reputed to be "the best".

Yes, and be prepared for some losses. Take it in stride and just replant.

Andy

Hi Andy, I'll take your word for where he came from, I apologize for the misinformation. I remember he came from somewhere with cold winters, that was actually my point.

I've had the Riesling and Gewurz from there recently; I liked them. I do think they are overpriced but I make decent Gewurz for $2 a bottle; $20 just galls me. I'm too cheap to buy Finger Lakes wines so have little experience with the reds; I wanted to see if his wines were a lot better than mine and I get mostly white from up that way. (The Gewurz was not 10 times better, if better at all; the Riesling I have made lately ended up blending stock, it was just OK; theirs was better.)