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The scuppernong is a large variety of muscadine (Vitis rotundifolia), [1] a species of grape native to the southern United States. It is usually a greenish or bronze color and is similar in appearance and texture to a white grape, but rounder and larger.
The first cultivated wine grape in the United States was grown in North Carolina. The first known recorded account of the Scuppernong grape in North Carolina is found in the logbook of explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano. He wrote in 1524, "Many vines growing naturally there [in North Carolina] that would no doubt yield excellent wines."
There are more than 10,000 varieties of grapes grown globally, but only a small minority makes its way to home kitchens. Many varieties are used exclusively for the production of wine, others are ...
The earliest wine made in what is now the United States was produced between 1562 and 1564 by French Huguenot settlers from Scuppernong grapes at a settlement near Jacksonville, Florida. [5] In the early American colonies of Virginia and the Carolinas , wine-making was an official goal laid out in the founding charters .
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In California, where 80% of the country's wine grapes are grown, the effects have been dramatic. For more than 50 years, Don Worley built his business around weeding out diseased vines. These days ...
This list of grape varieties includes cultivated grapes, whether used for wine, or eating as a table grape, fresh or dried (raisin, currant, sultana). For a complete list of all grape species, including those unimportant to agriculture, see Vitis .
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