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These taste wonderful! I don't know what kind they are, but when I eat one, it's like biting into grape juice.
Grapes from Carcassonne. I've narrowed it down to these varieties (info from www.winetravelguides.com/Guides/France/Languedoc-Roussill...)
Merlot
Produces supple wines that develop earlier and may soften Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah in the red wine blends. Important for red Limoux.
Cabernet Franc
Little used here though increasing, and can be more successful in this relatively cooler Languedoc climate than Cabernet Sauvignon.
Carignan
Thrives well on the hills on schist soils. It produces tannic wines with good colour.
Cinsault
Results in supple, light wines and is particularly suited for rosé production.
Grenache
Thrives in dry conditions, but it susceptible to disease. The wines are rich in aromas and texture.
Syrah
Ripens early and when yields are controlled, it can give wines with strong colour, spicy black cherry flavours and good structure.
on the pic Chinese:I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
The grapes used at Blue Sky Vineyard in Makanda, Ill., are certified in the Shawnee Hills AVA, or meaning that more than 85 percent of the recipe is unique to its region. Blue Sky Vineyard is one of 13 along the Shawnee Hill Wine Trail, a collection of wineries nestled throughout the rolling hills of the Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois.
Photo by Diana Soliwon.
The first of the year for me, and the truue sign of the end of summer
I don't think of these as Concord grapes, I think of them as Grandpa Grapes. I remember Grandpa Balestracci walking to our house with a basket of grapes from his grape arbor at the end of the first summer we were living in Worcester.
Yes, I've been cooking and baking a lot lately. I'm a bit stressed and spending time in the kitchen is like meditation as it requires absolute concentration! plus trying not to eat whatever I bake is another challenge that's good to have a more powerful mind, I believe :)
is it easy? NO
haven't I tried even one? YES (...I have, but only for quality-control purposes :P and damn they are good! now, I'll have to have a very powerful mind! pffff...)