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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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[1] [4] Childress is part of a broader development of wine-grape growing and vineyards in North Carolina which has been gaining traction in the 21st Century, following a period of rapid growth beginning in the 1980s. [2] [5] Grapes are grown locally on the vineyard grounds, at Childress' home estate, as well as purchased from local growers.
Vitis rotundifolia, or muscadine, [1] is a grapevine species native to the southeastern and south-central United States. [2] The growth range extends from Florida to New Jersey coast, and west to eastern Texas and Oklahoma. [3]