October, 2015

The harvest from our backyard vines has been incredible this year. We've given away between five and ten pounds, I've made grape jam, and I've eaten at least a handful, often two, every day for the past month or so. Sooo gooooddd.

Muscari is a genus of perennial bulbous plants native to Eurasia that produce spikes of dense, most commonly blue, urn-shaped flowers resembling bunches of grapes in the spring.

The Grape Hyacinth was a popular nursery flower or 40 or 50 years ago, which is why they are often found growing in the flower beds and yards of older neighborhoods. I was able to transplant a number of them from my grandmother's yard many years ago.

at the North Market Farmers Market 9/4/2010

Hanging from the arbor

Grape vines in autumn.

Not ripe yet...These are concords, they hang above our sitting area and provide us with lovely shade. The sunlight was coming through the vines making a few of the grapes glow.

Sultana (Thompson Seedless) grapes. The fruits of summer.

at the Mistral Pisco plant in Pisco Elqui

I think they are hoping for ice wine (a fashionable type of wine which is made when the grapes freeze, not a regular occurrence ).

grapes are delicious, especially the red ones. I eat them daily.

grapes

The clusters are so tight. Amazing. We were told that they have to watch these close and pick them before any mold can set in between the grapes due to the tight clusters.

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Nikon D3

Hand forged grape vine coffee table

Grape treading

Puteal (well-head), made of white marble

Characters linked to the Dionysian world are harvesting grapes.

Presumably from Puteoli, previously in the collection of Antonio Giudice, Prince of Cellammare in Naples

Third quarter of the 1st century BC

The Campania in the Roman era exhibition recently opened on the ground floor opposite the impressive Farnese collection. The 20 rooms are filled with sculptures and paintings from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century that decorated public buildings in Naples and southern Italy (including some from Pompeii and Herculaneum).

→ See also Visit the National Museum of Archaeology in Naples for more on one of the finest collections of antiquities in the world, including the marvelous Farnese sculptures (including Hercules at Rest and the Farnese Toro) and the best artworks, mosaics, as well as frescoes from the excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

Grapes still in their formative stages.

Pegau, Germany

Vineyard Fruit Delights

Tuscany, Italy

Many size berries in this grape cluster!!!

We use a variety of grapes from California, Chile and Italy. It just depends on what we are making.

grapes hanging in the vineyard

J. Maki Winery. East Coventry, PA This was actually taken when the winery was called French Creek Winery. Lisa Foster, photographer Taken with Olympus C765UZ

I tried to take shots of grapes, but need a better lens.