Grape - Frontenac Gris™

Grapes need a good support system like fences, walls, trellises, arbors or other structures. The birds love grapes, so be sure to plant some to share. It is fairly disease resistant, apparently immune to Downy Mildew with only moderate susceptibility to Black Rot and Powdery Mildew. Grapes are primarily grown for fruit production in home fruit gardens where they provide good ornamental value: bold summer foliage, showy fruit, some fall color and shaggy, twisted trunking and branching often best seen in winter. This muscat-like grape is desirable for white wine making, fresh eating and dessert. When made as a white, it is crisp and clean and quite delicious. Grapes need full sunlight and high temperatures to ripen, so plant on southern slopes, the south side of windbreaks, or the south sides of buildings. It has also been used to make a good ice-type wine where in the color is more red and the flavor quite intensely cherry. The grape vines can be quite attractive year-round and can provide good cover, screening, or shade to areas around the home. It is a reliable, outstandingly cold hardy, vigorous, heavy bearing grape. It has a growth habit that is sprawling and has a late harvest season. Frontenac Gris appears to be a multi-use wine grape that is an important addition to northern viniculture. The Frontenac Gris Grape, Vitis 'Frontenac Gris', is a coppery-peach colored grape with the aroma of peach and apricot. This grape tolerates a wide range of soil conditions, but must have good drainage. ... more