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North Carolina Scuppernong Table Wine. The name comes from the Scuppernong River in North Carolina mainly along the coastal plain. It was first mentioned as a "white grape" in a written logbook by the Florentine explorer Giovanni de Verrazzano while exploring the Cape Fear River Valley in 1524. [3] He wrote of "...[m]any vines growing naturally ...
Following fruit set, the grape berries are green and hard to the touch. They have very little sugar and are high in organic acids. They begin to grow to about half their final size when they enter the stage of veraison. This stage signals the beginning of the ripening process and normally takes place around 40–50 days after fruit set.
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."
The lake was once named "Scuppernong", [4] an Algonquian word which means "the place where magnolias grow". Scuppernong grapes once grew abundantly on the lake's shores, which is the source of their name. [5] Lake Phelps is named for Josiah Phelps, the first white man to enter its waters.
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Nearly 1,000 pounds of N.C.-grown Scuppernong grapes had been foot-stomped to create the mixed culture Saison, Mothervine. “Tons of beer” packaged for retail sale is now “completely gone.”
The ideal soil condition for a vine is a layer of thin topsoil and subsoil that sufficiently retains water but also has good drainage so that the roots do not become overly saturated. The ability of the soil to retain heat and/or reflect it back up to the vine is also an important consideration that affects the ripening of the grapes. [1]
The Scuppernong region is home to one of the largest populations of black bears in the southeast United States. [2] Red wolves, a rare and endangered species of wolf native to southeast North America, also live in the area. [2] [8] [9] Other terrestrial animals that may be seen near the Scuppernong River include white-tailed deer and bobcats. [10]