subject: Growing Grapes At Your Home Vineyard [print this page] Growing Grapes at Your Home Vineyard Growing Grapes at Your Home Vineyard
How great would it be to go out in your own back yard and pick your own grapes for eating or making wine, Jelly, juice and others from you own vineyard. It is easy to grow grapes in your own back yard. Just find a place where there is plenty of sunlight and air circulation. The ground will need to be well drained. It is preferable that you plant your vineyard on a hill side facing the south. This way you get plenty of sunlight and drainage on a hill side is great. You will need a plot big enough to plant at least 10 vines, but more is better. The vines should be planted in rows 8 feet apart with the plants being 12 feet apart on the rows. If you can find a spot in your yard that meets these requirements, you will have no problem planting your vineyard.
After you pick the right spot in your yard to grow your grapes, now comes the time to decide what type grape to plant. If you want to grow wine grapes, there is a huge list to pick from. Lets look at a few. For example if you want red wine, you can choose any on the list below
Tempranillo / Tinta Roriz / Ull de Llebre / Cencibel / Tinta del Pais
Teroldego
Terret Noir
Tibouren
Tinta Amarela
Tinta Barroca
Tinta Caiada
Tinta Francisca
Tinta Miuda
Tinta Negra Mole / Preto Martinho
Tinto Co
Touriga Franca / Touriga Francesa
Touriga Nacional / Azal Espanhol / Preto de Mortgua
Trincadeira/ Castelo / Torneiro
Troia / Uva di Troia
Trousseau
Uva Rara
Uva di Troia
Vaccarese
Valdigui
Vespolina
Vranac
Wildbacher/Blauer Wildbacher
Xynomavro
Zinfandel / Crljenak Katelanski / Primitivo
Zweigelt / Zweigeltrebe / Rotburger
This is a list of just red wine grapes taken from Wikipedia. Other type of grapes will be covered be covered in other articles. Please be on the lookout for the other articles so you can get a complete list of grapes you can grow.
