WHICH GRAPES TO GROW?

BEST FOR EATING ‘LAKEMONT’ – A SEEDLESS, WHITE DESSERT GRAPE THAT WILL RIPEN OUTDOORS ON A SUNNY, SOUTH-FACING WALL BUT LOVES LIFE IN THE GREENHOUSE. OR TRY ‘FRAGOLA’ (SHOWN RIGHT), ALSO KNOWN AS ‘STRAWBERRY VINE’, A FRAGRANT RED DESSERT GRAPE.

BEST FOR JUICING ‘CHASSELAS ROSÉ ROYALE’ – YOU NEED SUPER-SWEET GRAPES FOR FRESH JUICE, SO THIS VARIETY, WITH ITS ABUNDANCE OF PINKY-RED FRUITS, IS IDEAL AND CAN BE GROWN OUTDOORS, DOWN SOUTH OR UNDERCOVER EVERYWHERE. ALSO MAKES A DELICIOUS ROSÉ.

BEST FOR WINE ‘BACCHUS’ – THESE JUICY, PALE FRUITS ARE WELL-KNOWN FOR PRODUCING A FULL-BODIED, WELL-ROUNDED SAUVIGNON BLANC-STYLE WHITE WINE. PERFECT FOR OUTDOOR GROWING IN THE BRITISH CLIMATE.

BEST ALL-ROUNDER THE POPULAR AND RELIABLE ‘BOSKOOP GLORY’ IS A VERSATILE, HEAVY CROPPING, BLACK-FRUITED CULTIVAR. PRODUCES LOTS OF SMALL, JUICY GRAPES SUITABLE FOR EATING AND WINE MAKING. GROWS INDOORS/OUTDOORS.