2009                      Chateau Z Vineyard             Virtual Vineyard
variety	pH	TA (%)	Brix (ref.)	date	NOTES	P H O T O G R A P H S															variety
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					A very lovely French hybrid with beautiful black clusters,  I picked this too early due	1	2	3	4
Couderc 4401	3.22	0.98	18.3	8/18/2009	to bird predation, but netted it should hang well into September for some fantastic																Couderc 4401
					wine chemistry.  As it was, the wine turned out most Chambourcin-like and very good.
					I'm not sure Schuyler is really best used in red wine.  The acidity drops very low but	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Schuyler	3.37	0.58	20.6	8/18/2009	the pH stays down like a lot of labruscanas.  I suspect if it were pressed for a blanc																Schuyler
					de noirs white wine, it would be smashing.  Beautiful, big, fruity and pretty healthy.
					Oh, Diamond, why aren't you grown as much as Chardonnay?  The people love you	1	2	3
Diamond	3.29	0.50	16.9	8/18/2009	for your grapes AND for your wine.  Don't even bring up a comparison of suitability																Diamond
					for growing in the East.  Big, berries, intensely fruity, juicy and multi-purpose. What
					else could you want from a famous labruscana!
					Like Diamond, I can't say enough about Delaware.  Joined by Diamond and Dutchess	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Delaware	3.28	0.84	19.0	8/18/2009	in my 3-D White blend, it makes an amazingly well-received wine.  Whatever people	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16								Delaware
					may be hearing about vinifera in the World and stores, THIS is the kind of grape and
					wine they are really clamoring for.  See previous Virtual Vineyards for my praise.
					My best flavored muscat.  Seedless, large berried, large clustered, purple and overall	1	2	3	4	5	6
Jupiter	3.28	0.54	18.0	8/18/2009	simply stunning.  The vine could be more disease resistant, but the fruit is so good																Jupiter
					it is worth caring for.  Went into the '09 mylonite white to add fruitiness.  My single
					vine yielded an amazing 17.94# this year cane pruned.  And a great parent, too!
					I got the Romulus before it shattered this year.  The analysis was from a test sample	1	2	3	4
Romulus	3.06	0.81	19.1	8/18/2009	picked early.  Of the Ontario X Thompson Seedless sisters, this one seems most like																Romulus
					a wine grape to me, even though it is seedless.  Still hanging in there after six years.
					Can you tell this vine has too much vinifera in it from its chemistry?  Almost as good	1	2
NY Muscat	3.38	0.52	19.8	8/18/2009	muscat flavor as Jupiter, this old NY hybrid is really a nice wine grape.  Slow growing																NY Muscat
					and not very vigorous, it remains to be seen how long it survives on its own feet.  Still,
					it is an extremely good tasting grape with fabulous wine chemistry.
					Captivator is one of my most favored table grapes at the market.  Very aromatic and
Captivator	3.37	0.45	18.0	8/18/2009	having a translucent red-orange color with gray bloom it is hard to pass up.  Its flavor																Captivator
					is best described as "Captivator!"  Someone please make wine from this!
					And then there is Winchell.  Unbelievable.  Clearly this grape ranks with Diamond,	1	2	3	4	5
Winchell	3.31	0.57	21.4	8/18/2009	Delaware and Dutchess as a top labruscana for white wine.  Stunning clusters of																Winchell
					medium green-yellow berries with a most delicious labruscana flavor.  Very healthy, too.
					Big berries and green-yellow, actually quite like Ontario.  The vine is very healthy	1	2	3	4	5	6
Swenson White	3.41	0.58	20.0	8/21/2009	and it looks to be a good cropper.  Probably not much advantage her over older																Swenson White
					white labruscanas for zones 6+ where hardiness isn't a big issue.
					This was a single cluster of first fruit on a small vine, so it remains to be seen how	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	<<< Elvira (cracking)
Rommel	3.54	0.39	16.4	8/21/2009	Rommel's chemistry developes.  In the Elvira class, it is very healthy and the fruit																Rommel
					seemed a bit more Welchy than Elvira.  Didn't crack, so that's better than Elvira.
	2.92	0.70	16.6	8/24/2009	16.9#/vine at harvest 8/31.  This is an excellent grape for vinifera-style wine, much like	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Rayon d'Or	3.17	0.67	19.4	8/31/2009	its daughter Seyval Blanc.  It is healthy, upright, with big tight clusters - perhaps																Rayon d'Or
					too tight.  Yet, it crops faithfully with mimimal problems.  Just keep the GBM's out of
					the clusters to reduce cracking and rot and you'll be home free. (GBM = grape berry moth)
	3.14	0.64	19.6	8/24/2009	What can you say?  Get it at pH=3.35 and you'll get perfect wine chemistry!  The	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Seyval Blanc	3.42	0.75	23.2	9/4/2009	wine is lovely, the vines are tough and disease resistant, it crops like a monster, and																Seyval Blanc
	3.47	0.73	22.6	9/7/2009	the secondaries make great verjus.  Forget Chardonnay, grow Seyval.
	3.16	1.35	20.1	8/24/2009	Baco, like O-595 and many or my wild riparias takes forever to get ripe in chemical
Baco Noir	3.38	1.05	21.0	9/16/2009	terms.  The acidity of the riparias and their hybrids seems to linger forever, long after																Baco Noir
					the birds take interest.  The high Brix, color, and lovely herbaceousness are worth it.
	3.15	1.36	20.5	8/24/2009	I still need to work on letting my O-595 hang.  I did better this year, but it still needed
Oberlin 595	3.22	1.06	22.6	8/31/2009	a week or two more.  I love the long, open cylinders of small black berries and intensely																Oberlin 595
	3.38	0.81	23.4	9/7/2009	dark color.  The pepperiness is delicious.  As rank as Baco Noir, but the fruit is a very
					different thing.  Oooooh, how 'bout Baco/Oberlin Noir blend?  That'd be awesome!
	3.31	1.02	21.4	8/24/2009	The Foch got fully ripe this year and what a treat!  This is a superb red wine grape for
Foch	3.46	0.79	23.3	9/7/2009	this region and ripens well early to get the new vintage under way.  Making a most																Foch
					delightful, hearty red wine, it should be given all the attention of Cab. Franc and then
					Virginia would really see what it is capable of making!  Grow it.  Don't even think.
					My Lucie/Foch/O595 blend I call "Tobacco Row Moutain Red."  It is one of my dry
Lucie Kuhlmann	3.36	0.81	19.6	8/31/2009	wine customers' favorites and is in short supply.  Lucie is key in the blend, adding a																Lucie Kuhlmann
					tasty pepperiness and more cherry on top of the Foch.  A really superb red wine grape.
Ambers 06-5-1					Now here's a nifty new grape.  This was only an early-harvested sample.  I never got back	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9							Ambers 06-5-1
(MN1095 X Seyval Blanc)	3.21	1.27	19.9	8/24/2009	to test it later, but will next year as it should get red wine correct.  It looks like black																(MN1095 X Seyval Blanc)
					Seyval and did well in the 2009 downyfest.  I have high hopes for this one.
Ambers 06-5-5	3.33	0.97	25.6	9/20/2009	Harvested at a more appropriate time than #1.  Small, compact, golden clusters of very	1	2	3	4												Ambers 06-5-5
(MN1095 X Seyval Blanc)					sweet, small beriies.  Like a small cluster version of Vignoles.																(MN1095 X Seyval Blanc)
Ambers 06-114-1	3.08	1.23	20.7	8/24/2009	My first fruit from a hybrid with the Foxy Vixen!  This vine and fruit very closely	1	2	3	4	5	6	7									Ambers 06-114-1
"New Bland A"	3.35	1.09	22.3	9/8 stored to 10/2	matches the historic descriptions of the "Red Bland" grape which was Norton's mother.	8	9	10	11	12	13	14									"New Bland A"
(Foxy Vixen X Edelweiss)					In 2010, this one's pollen goes on my aestivalii.  Tasty red-purple berries, mildly Welchy.																(Foxy Vixen X Edelweiss)
Ambers 06-114-2					A sister of the #1.  This vine has a peculiar leaf distortion malady that crumples the	1	2	3	4	5	6										Ambers 06-114-2
(Foxy Vixen X Edelweiss)	3.18	1.12	19.0	8/24/2009	leaves so they are never flat or perfect.  The fruit is dark purple and as tasty as #1. Its																(Foxy Vixen X Edelweiss)
					clusters look very similar too: open, fist sized, self fertile, lond pedicels and peduncles.
					WOW!  How's that for early?!  Kay Gray always is one of my first grapes to really get
Kay Gray	3.62	0.40	20.6	8/24/2009	ripe.  With its peculiar gooseberry-ish flavor, I am really glad producers up north are																Kay Gray
					making wine from it.  It is a very healthy vine and makes a good parent.
					Sample was from secondaries!  I sold the primaries at market.  Thin skinned, and a
Aurore	3.02	1.30	13.0	8/25/2009	lovely white-yellow, Aurore is really a nice grape if you can protect it from the birds																Aurore
					and keep the fungi off early.
					A vinifera-lover's version of Delaware!  Med-large clusters of green-yellow berries have	1	2	3	4
Croton	3.17	0.60	19.6	8/25/2009	a most outstanding mild Delaware flavor with lower acidity and nearly as high Brix.																Croton
					Too much vinifera pedigree, but a valuable breeder and stunning to behold.  Graft.
					Forget Niagara as the white Concord.  Hayes is a selfed seedling of Concord and is
Hayes	3.54	0.38	16.7	8/25/2009	very like it in just about every aspect except fruit color which is green-yellow.  Actually,																Hayes
					I find the flavor less cloying than Concord, too.  Very good for what it is.
					There goes that pH up while the acidity remains!  Cayuga is a nice vine, but with so
Cayuga	3.41	1.02	17.7	8/25/2009	many wine grapes that have better chemistry here, why messs with it?  Other than																Cayuga
					easy availability, I'm not sure I see the advantages of this vine.
					Dr. Norman Good's seedless selection available from Lon Rombough.  This vine is	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Dr. Good	3.19	0.84	15.0	8/25/2009	grafted on a riparia seedling and it cracked spectacularly this year - worse than Elvira!																Dr. Good
					We'll keep watching Dr. Good to evaluate it in future years.
					I still ove my Pocklington.  It does suffer a bit from carbamate fungicides burning its	1	2	3	4
Pocklington	3.51	0.42	16.7	8/25/2009	leaves, but the fruit is just the kind of traditional labruscana flavor I want for my Vixen																Pocklington
					Gris wine.  A healthy, productive vine that should not be forgotten.
					I decided to try to graft over half my Golden Muscat this year because it isn't the
Golden Muscat	3.15	0.70	17.0	8/25/2009	most productive and cracks.  None of the grafts took!  Still, it works in well into the																Golden Muscat
					Vixen Gris for timing and flavor so I'll keep what's left.
					Very mild labruscana flavor with tight, fist sized clusters of blond, elongate berries.
Rebecca	3.52	0.33	16.7	8/28/2009	A favorite at my grape tasting for the Munson Centennial meeting in September.  Vines																Rebecca
					are low vigor, but drought during establishment may have hurt tem.
Ambers 06-62-3					Here is one of my hybrids that is really special.  Having huge yellow berries as big as	1	2	3	4	<<<< #2
"Miakota"	3.47	0.51	19.1	8/30/2009	nickles, its flavor is like Himrod but the texture is meaty with a chewable skin that breaks	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	<<<< #3							Ambers 06-62-3 "Miakota" (Lindley X Himrod)
(Lindley X Himrod)					down in a very peculiar, favorable manner.  Female and ready to accept your favorite pollen!
Ambers 06-48-9					This is a particularly lovely little grape with medium berries on open clusters and small
"First Rose"	3.32	0.56	19.8	8/30/2009	seed remnants that are easily chewed.  The berries look and taste a lot like Munson's																Ambers 06-48-9 "First Rose" (Last Rose X Canadice)
(Last Rose X Canadice)					Last Rose, but this one is fairly early.  Could be used for further seedless breeding.
Ambers 06-53-3					Med-large purple-blue berries on a delicate rachis.  I have never eaten a grape like this	1	2	3	4
"Juice Bag"	3.04	0.66	18.4	8/31/2009	before - it turns into juice when you bite it with seemingly no solids left.  There are a few																Ambers 06-53-3 "Juice Bag" (Last Rose X Reliance)
(Last Rose X Reliance)					small seeds, but you don't really notice them.  What a joy breeding these things is!
					Oberlin's curious hybrid of Taylor and Chasselas.  Holds its acidity long and gets quite	1	2	3	4	5
Oberlin 782	3.37	1.41	18.6	9/4/2009	sweet.  Vine is healthy and productive.  Fruit is neutral in flavor like Chasselas,																Oberlin 782
					but is much sweeter and more acidic.  Useful in breeeding and wine.
					I finally let the pH go up on my Ravat 34 and what a treat.  This is a nice, open-clustered
Ravat 34	3.48	0.79	19.4	9/4/2009	grape that crops dependably and is healthy.  It seems to do very well with cane																Ravat 34
					pruning, making pounder clusters that are pinkish translucent.
Chasselas (own rooted)	3.53	0.58	17.0	9/4/2009	The old vinifera table grape of France that tastes like a tea-sweet water-bag.  I just																Chasselas (own rooted)
Chasselas (grafted)	3.95	0.58	14.0	9/4/2009	don't get those folks' tastes.  Anyway, as vinifera go the vine does well and it is quite																Chasselas (grafted)
					amazing how well the own-rooted vines are surviving my heavy phylloxera.  Still, graft.
Chardonnay	3.35	0.78	20.9	9/4/2009	See that chemistry?  That's what makes this the favorite grape for the factory winery.																Chardonnay
					Any fool could squeeze this stuff and make wine.  Just be ready to spray a lot.
					Another Euro-table-grape with tea sweetness and a watery muscat flavor.  While great
Chasselas Musque	3.79	0.63	14.1	9/4/2009	for adjusting the chemistry of our wild vines in hybrids, I'm not sure what the Old World																Chasselas Musque
					love of this grape is about.  Sometimes listed as a synonym of Muscat of Alexandria.
					1 of 5 vines had significant fruit after last year's drought abuse.  These own-root vines	1	2	3	4	5	6
Chardonel	3.21	0.90	20.7	9/4/2009	are probably suffering phylloxera and don't like being dry.  I don't give them much																Chardonel
					more time.  Graft your Chardonel if you want to grow it.
					While my Vivant isn't terribly downy mildew resistant, it does crop well year-after-year
Vivant	3.22	0.81	22.4	9/4/2009	and makes a much cleaner wine than Cayuga.  It would benefit from Captan closer to	1	2	3	4	5	<<<< Cayuga										Vivant
					harvest than I am willing, but I get good fruit although a bit low pH picking on fruit condition.
					Herb Barrett's ladyfinger grape named after his wife.  What a bizarre thing to see.
Lady Patricia	3.36	0.81	19.6	9/4/2009	Weird, pointy, mini-footballs on big, loose clusters.  The leaves are pretty lacey.  All																Lady Patricia
					things considerd it is much like Villard Blanc with odd fruit.  Very cool.
					Another industrial grape par excellence.  Just squeeze it and let the bugs loose.
Pinot Gris	3.34	0.70	20.5	9/4/2009	What a great thing when you've got 37 truckloads of umpteen bajillion tons of this stuff																Pinot Gris
					to get to the jug.  Like Chardonnay, just be ready to paint on the fungal prophylaxis.
					Of my vinifera pollen parents, I think I like Gewurz the best.  It actually tastes like
Gewurztraminer	3.53	0.72	20.4	9/4/2009	something!  It also seems to help the downy mildew resistance of hybrids made with																Gewurztraminer
					it, to my surprise.  I wouldn't want more than one of it, but is my most favored of the lot.
					Traminette is really starting to annoy me.  It  grows like a weed on its own feet and I	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Traminette	3.08	0.94	19.0	9/4/2009	have yet to figure out how to get it to produce a full crop.  This year it is entirely cane																Traminette
					pruning.  This, at least, seems to cut back on the weedy vigor by getting a few more
					clusters on the vines.  Fruit quality is quite good, though does sun burn easily.
					Now, this makes me sad.  I REALLY want to taste a varietal Keuka wine.  I suspect
Keuka	3.47	0.54	18.7	9/4/2009	I may lose interest in Gewurz. all-together!  The muscat-labruscana blend in the aroma																Keuka
					of Keuka is stellar.  Beautiful red grapes on big, close packed clusters.  What a stunner.
					Wow, what a grape!  Esprit continues to impress with its pounder clusters of bloomy	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Esprit	3.43	0.70	18.0	9/4/2009	green-white berries that hang and hang with no interest to the birds.  The wine is much																Esprit
					better than Cayuga, in my estimation, and the vines are wicked tough and vigorous.
					When my adjacent Chardonel dies, I'll likely replace it with more Esprit.
	3.18	0.34	18.2	8/31/2009	Uh, why isn't this growing all over the Mid-Atlantic?  Steuben is massively productive	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Steuben	3.35	0.64	18.7	9/4/2009	and has perfect white wine chemistry.  Throw in its beautiful muscat-labruscana aroma,																Steuben
					disease resistance, and good bird tolerance, and you have a perfect match.
	3.40	0.54	16.4	9/4/2009	I'm down to one America vine due to its overwhelmingly "Munson-ey" character which	1	2	3	4	5
America	3.59	0.67	18.3	8/30 stored to 10/1	I don't really like.  The clusters won't seem to fill out, and the Brix aren't great, either.																America
					Throw in the overly sassafras-ey wine aroma, and I'll pass, even if bullet-proof.
					Quite similar to America in chemistry, yet the wine flavor is much more pleasant thanks	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Mericadel	3.45	0.58	16.3	9/4/2009	to the hyridization with Delaware.  Very much like America in vine character, but the fruit																Mericadel
					sets better and is more productive.  I'll keep these.  Works well in my Blue Quartz Rose'.
					Still one of my favorite labruscanas.  The muscat in the flavor is lovely, like in Keuka and	1	2	3	4	5
Buffalo	3.49	0.63	19.0	9/4/2009	Steuben.  Wine chemistry is great, and the vines are quite disease resistant and																Buffalo
					vigorous.  Will see first fruit on Buffalo's mother "Herbert" in 2010.
					Dutchess came through with a beautiful crop of medium cluster size, small-medium	1	2
Dutchess	3.33	0.61	19.0	9/7/2009	berried grapes this year.  What a treat!  Where is Dutchess now?  Like Delaware it is																Dutchess
					stunning.  Healthy, vigorous, delicious.  It makes me hate industrial rationalization.
	3.39	0.31	18.4	9/7/2009	Look at that acidity!  At 18 Brix it is no wonder this grape tastes like candy!  My	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Lindley	3.62	0.28	20.1	9/8 stored to 10/2	dozens of hybrids with Lindley are starting to produce and prove this grape is VERY																Lindley
					valuable in breeding.  It must be preserved.  Please grow a vine of it.  Female.
					I do like this grape.  Like a small version of Villard Blanc with Seyval-like aroma and	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
SV 23-512	3.49	0.60	20.5	9/7/2009	productivity.  If wineries and grape growers weren't such sheep, they'd be trying all																SV 23-512
					the old hybrids, French and otherwise, to enjoy the fruits of these vines.  Diversity rules!
	3.24	0.69	20.0	8/24/2009	I finally got enough Wine King this year to make a really solid batch.  It is a really	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Wine King	3.42	0.57	20.6	9/7/2009	nice vine with proper vigor and crop load.  The grapes are gorgeous.  The acidity is																Wine King
					a bit low for red wine, so it probably needs acidic partners in a blend.  I love it!
					And here is a good blending partner for Wine King!  These berries were getting dimples
DeChaunac	3.26	0.84	21.4	9/7/2009	from raisining, but it still held its acidity and low pH.  The wine came out delicious																DeChaunac
					as it took ML very well and came right into line.
					A wild species from the midcontinent.  Looks like a hybrid of riparia and rupestris.  It	1	2	3
Vitis longii	3.16	2.00	20.3	9/7/2009	has the most upright growth of a wild species I know of.  The clusters and berries are																Vitis longii
					small, but the fruit has red pulp.  Very good red cherry flavor.  Thanks, Aaron!
					MN1095 is surprisingly late ripening for a seedling from a Manitoba riparia.  It could
MN1095	3.24	1.16	18.0	9/7/2009	easily hang three more weeks from this sample date.  A very good vine and grape for																MN1095
					breeding.  My many seedlings will help define its capabilities.
Munson	3.61	0.93	18.1	9/8 stored to 10/1	= Jaeger #70.  The heavy, dark, lincecumii X rupestris from Hermann Jaeger.	1	2	3	4	5	6										Munson
Extra	3.60	0.69	21.6	9/8 stored to 10/1	Fabulous Munson grape.  Much cleaner flavor and aroma than the America series.  Lovely.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11					Extra
XLNTA	3.33	0.97	17.1	9/8 stored to 10/1	Munson's super-dark tooth stainer.  Big berries.  Clusters getting bigger with age.	1	2	3	4	5	6										XLNTA
Alphonse de Serres (V. rupestris)	3.79	1.15	19.2	9/8 stored to 10/1	WIld rupestris.  Amazing chemistry.  Color is extremely dark.																Alphonse de Serres (Vitis rupestris)
					Rebecca's favorite eating grape.  Pure muscat flavor in crisp, ellipsoidal berries.  The
Pierelle	3.51	0.96	18.0	9/11/2009	vine is weedy rank and hard to get to produce, but the fruit is stunning.  Delightful in																Pierelle
					muscat blends.  I need to cross this to more productive muscats like Jupiter & Buffalo.
					Dependable with lovely yellow berries on big clusters.  Healthy, vigorous and makes
Veeblanc	3.34	1.00	19.2	9/11/2009	delicious wine with good acidity.  Veeblanc simply came on the scene late as the vinifera																Veeblanc
					were taking hold in the East.  Otherwise it would be much more widely planted.
					One of my lesser vinifera that was used widely in breeding the French hybrids.  This
Aramon	3.43	0.69	20.2	9/14/2009	is a fat little clustered grape, so far, and may never be much more as it isn't grafted.																Aramon
					Still, its record in the French hybrids is so strong I want to try to get its pollen on something.
					Aramon's blending partner.  You can see how it would work with Alicante boosting the	1	2
Alicante Bouschet	3.56	0.85	18.3	9/14/2009	acidity and color in the blend.  A nice looking black grape in open clusters.  I did manage																Alicante Bouschet
					to pollinate some aestivalii, cinerea and bicolor with it, so it has served me well.
					Squish it and watch it turn into wine.  Another industrial favorite!  This single vine
Merlot	3.50	0.78	19.5	9/14/2009	has done quite well for me, surprisingly.  On the edge in dry soil, it cropped well (12.24#)																Merlot
					and is better than Vidal Blanc in DM resistance.  Still, I wouldn't want an acre of it.
					Not as ripe tasting as the Merlot, but does about as well.  The flavor it not inspiring,
Cabernet Franc	3.52	0.70	18.6	9/14/2009	tasting like a store grape.  It is easy to get decent wine out of, but it doesn't seem to																Cabernet Franc
					crop as well as the Merlot (only 6.98#).  I find most VA Cab. Franc wines also uninspiring.
	3.51	0.72	21.0	9/14/2009	Now dig this chemistry compared to the last two.  This is likely a selfed seedling of
Rosette "B"	3.57	0.57	23.2	9/16/2009	Rosette that popped up in some cuttings I got from Buckingham Valley Vineyards in PA.																Rosette "B"
					It has really good black cherry flavor and grows well on its own roots!  Nice stuff.
					Landot Noir is one of the standard red French hybrids that is tough and makes
Landot Noir	3.58	0.80	21.8	9/14/2009	really good wine.  Not grossly productive yet, but these vines are young.  The birds do																Landot Noir
					like its fruit, so netting is advised.  Grow it - love it!
Ambers 06-46-3	3.20	1.44	21.0	9/19/2009	First fruit on this beauty.  Perfectly formed and packed clusters of purple, bloomy	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9							Ambers 06-46-3
(HPU X Vanessa)	3.21	1.23	20.7	9/25/2009	berries with really nice earthy aestivalis flavor.  This is proof of how easily our American	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18							(HPU X Vanessa)
	3.32	1.14	21.4	10/13/2009	wild vines can be improved.  Much to be learned from this vine.  Self-fertile.
					6" elongate-conical clusters, 1/2" berries, blue-brown skins, brown pulp, pulpy.
					Eumelan Class, earthy light Delaware flavor.  Beautiful properly packed  clusters.
					My two St. Vincent vines keep making abundant fruit and are peculiarly large berried and late
St. Vincent	3.20	1.02	18.0	9/16/2009	ripening.  It probably ripens about with Chambourcin, but the thinner skins attract																St. Vincent
					the birds and they beat it up fast.  Needs netting for proper hang time.
					Like St. Vincent, VN's skins are a bit tender and susceptable to damage from the
Villard Noir	3.31	0.93	20.7	9/14/2009	birds and the bees.  Netted and let to hang until pH = 3.50 it would make a much better																Villard Noir
					wine.  Early harvest contributes to strong wine greenness.  Next year I will do better.
					Classic riparia hybrid acidity.  Brix going high yet the acid is high and pH low.  Clinton
Clinton	3.38	0.90	24.4	9/14/2009	is a really nice old-line lubruscana red wine grape.  Slightly Welchy, it loses much of it																Clinton
					in fermentation and reportedly the rest in aging.  Tough, vigorous and a good grape.
					Very much like Clinton, its supposed mother, Bacchus varies materially only by having
Bacchus	3.25	0.99	23.0	9/14/2009	a flared bottom end to the cluster and being a bit later.  Again, a really nice old line																Bacchus
					red wine grape.  What would this do in California?  We can only wonder.
					Press this at this stage and get a lovely white wine.  I neutralized some of the acid for
Rosette	3.31	0.70	20.7	9/15/2009	Gneiss Red base.  Rosette's small, filled clusters are very pretty and it crops well.  Net																Rosette
					to get it to full maturity with minimal bird abuse.
Ambers 06-68-5					Another proof of Lindley's value as a mother.  Yellow, paw paw like, well attached,	1	2	<<<shoot tips					1	2	<<< #5						Ambers 06-68-5
(Lindley X SV 23-512)	3.34	0.66	21.8	9/15/2009	mild sunburning, hybrid Lindley-French hybrid texture, very good.  The chemistry																(Lindley X SV 23-512)
					alone makes it worth propagating.
					Yates is a fruit to behold.  Large red berries in large, mounded clusters with an	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Yates	3.38	0.44	20.2	9/15/2009	incrdible labruscana fruitiness.  The skins are very tough, but the cardinals still																Yates
					couldn't resist tearing it up.  An important low acidity breeding grape.
Ambers 06-67-11	3.26	0.48	21.7	9/15/2009	Yellow, big seeds, Seyval texture, tough connections, mild Lindley flavor.  V. good.	1	2	3	4		<<<< shoot tips										Ambers 06-67-11
(Lindley X Seyval Blanc)						1		<<<< #11													(Lindley X Seyval Blanc)
Ambers 06-67-9	3.87	0.20	19.3	9/15/2009	Sweetwater, juice baggy, spicy, Seyval texture but juicier, yellow, avg size.  Very	1	2														Ambers 06-67-9
(Lindley X Seyval Blanc)					low acidity for  breeding with wild vines.																(Lindley X Seyval Blanc)
Ambers 06-67-7	3.60	0.45	23.0	9/15/2009	Yellow, med. Bloomy, tart skins, well attached, very sweet, fruity not Welchy.	1	2														Ambers 06-67-7
(Lindley X Seyval Blanc)					An excellent grape.  Will make lovely white wine if picked earlier than this.																(Lindley X Seyval Blanc)
Ambers 06-67-6	3.87	0.22	20.6	9/15/2009	Gold, sweetwater, semi-slip skin, mild fruity, heavy bloom.  Very valuable for breeding	1	2														Ambers 06-67-6
(Lindley X Seyval Blanc)					as in #9.																(Lindley X Seyval Blanc)
Ambers 06-67-1	3.54	0.49	19.4	9/15/2009	Dark red, heavy rachis, well attached, lt. bloom, somewhat pulpy, pink juice, faint	1	2	3	4												Ambers 06-67-1
(Lindley X Seyval Blanc)					Lindley aroma, very good.  Intense red growing tips to 18" down new canes.																(Lindley X Seyval Blanc)
Ambers 06-66-11	3.08	0.94	16.7	8/6/2009	Stunningly beautiful Seyval-like clusters of bright red berries packed close but	1	2	3	4	5	6	<<<<shoot tips									Ambers 06-66-11
"Rayon d'Colorado"					not too tightly.  Ripens to a lovely Cayuga-like flavor with good Brix.  Flowers have	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	<<<<< #11						"Rayon d'Colorado"
(Lindley X Rayon d'Or)					recurved stamens, but pollination was complete by #11's sisters, probably mostly #2.																(Lindley X Rayon d'Or)
Ambers 06-66-2					6 oz. well-filled clusters of large yellow-green berries, intense lychee aroma, well	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	<<<<<#2							Ambers 06-66-2
"Debbie Van Schyndel"	3.81	0.26	20.6	9/15/2009	attached, tough & thin rachis, very juicy, like Rayon texture with tougher pulp.  Looser	1	<<<<#'s 4, 6														"Debbie Van Schyndel"
(Lindley X Rayon d'Or)					clusters than Rayon.  Self-fertile, very productive, healthy.  Voluptuous.	1	2	<<<<#8													(Lindley X Rayon d'Or)
Ambers 06-31-2	3.07	0.92	20.6	9/15/2009	9/15: Tangy, Norton-like, juicy, lt. red juice, black with med bloom, tough & thin rachis,	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8								Ambers 06-31-2
(HPL X Marquis)	3.23	0.79	22.1	9/28/2009	well attached, med pulpy.  Long loose clusters.  Needs to hang.																(HPL X Marquis)
					9/28: 6" loose cylindrical clusters, 1/2' berries, well attached, bloomy blue-black, round
					berries, very sweet, faintly muscatty, red rachis, fabulous flavor, pink juice.
Ambers 06-33-2	3.38	0.82	26.2	9/15/2009	Black, med bloom, juicy, muscatty, small cluster and berry, pink juice, very sweet.	1	2	3													Ambers 06-33-2
(HPL X Gewurztraminer)					A true F1 hybrid worthy of white wine production as-is.  Truly amazing.																(HPL X Gewurztraminer)
Ambers 06-2-3	2.87	2.48	26.4	9/15/2009	My first white (well, pink) cordifolia hybrid!  Small pink berries, tart, juicy, no	1	2	3	4	5	6										Ambers 06-2-3
(04-3-2 X 04-5-5)					detectable cordaroma.  Apparently healthy.  Will watch very closely. 50% cordifolia!																(04-3-2 X 04-5-5)
Ambers 06-2-5	2.94	2.79	26.8	9/15/2009	Black. Raisined, tart, dark, red & viscous juice, cherry flavor, no cordaroma.	1	2	3	4	5											Ambers 06-2-5
(04-3-2 X 04-5-5)					May be self-fertile.																(04-3-2 X 04-5-5)
Ambers 06-2-7	3.01	3.68	23.7	9/15/2009	Black, well attached, not raisined, viscous juice, cherry aroma, no cordaroma.  As a	1	2														Ambers 06-2-7
(04-3-2 X 04-5-5)					group, the cordifolia hybrids must hang until leaf fall for wine making.																(04-3-2 X 04-5-5)
Ambers 06-69-1	3.13	0.78	19.7	9/15/2009	Very well attached, pink, thick skinned, mild lychee, very tasty.  Chemistry suggests	1	2														Ambers 06-69-1
(Lindley X Vidal Blanc)					Vidal-like ripening time.  May be a lovely mid-season white wine grape.																(Lindley X Vidal Blanc)
Ambers 06-69-4	3.16	0.90	19.4	9/15/2009	Brick red, med. sized, translucent, viscous juice, neutral flavor.  Very good.  Probably	1	2														Ambers 06-69-4
(Lindley X Vidal Blanc)					as late or later than #1.																(Lindley X Vidal Blanc)
Ambers 06-28-1	3.30	1.20	23.8	10/13/2008	Just like #3 except with 5/16" berries.	1	2	3	4	5											Ambers 06-28-1
(HPL X Delaware)																					(HPL X Delaware)
Ambers 06-28-2	3.45	0.94	23.1	9/25/2009	9/25: Bloomy black-brown, very sweet, 3" Delaware-like clusters, pulpy, exquisite half-																Ambers 06-28-2
(HPL X Delaware)	3.43	1.02	23.5	10/13/2009	Delaware flavor, pink-red juice.  Healthy and vigorous.  Lovely bronze-red cane tips during growth.																(HPL X Delaware)
					10/13: 3" open clusters shaped like Delaware, 5/16" lt bloomy black berries,red juice, soft mouth
					filling tannins, exquisite earthy aestiroma blended with Delaware flavor.  Eumelan Class.  Female.
Ambers 06-28-3	3.32	1.35	22.7	9/20/2009	Delicious small blue-black berries on small clusters.  Vigorous & healthy.																Ambers 06-28-3
(HPL X Delaware)	3.59	0.93	23.6	10/13/2009	10/13: 3" clusters. 1/4" berries. No wing. V sweet, smooth, lt Delaware flavor w/ aestiroma.																(HPL X Delaware)
Ambers 06-28-4	3.29	1.08	24.4	10/13/2009	3" loose open clusters, 5/16" round bloomy black berries.  Delicate but tough rachis.																Ambers 06-28-4
(HPL X Delaware)					Fine mild Delaware flavor w/ firm tannin, pink juice, delicious.																(HPL X Delaware)
Ambers 06-42-4 (HPU X Lakemont)	3.15	1.18	21.8	9/20/2009	Med purple berries on med clusters.  Very attractive, with great aestiroma.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13			Ambers 06-42-4 (HPU X Lakemont)
	3.21	1.23	22.1	9/25/2009	7" elongate-conical clusters, blue-brown, round, well attached, tart, v juicy, pink juice, faint cherry.
Ambers 06-70-1 (Lindley X Villard Blanc)	3.26	0.76	19.2	9/20/2009		1	2	3	4	5	6		<<<< shoot tips								Ambers 06-70-1 (Lindley X Villard Blanc)
Ambers 06-70-2 (Lindley X Villard Blanc)	3.65	0.51	22.2	9/20/2009																	Ambers 06-70-2 (Lindley X Villard Blanc)
Ambers 06-70-6 (Lindley X Villard Blanc)	3.56	0.55	20.4	9/20/2009	pineapple aroma.																Ambers 06-70-6 (Lindley X Villard Blanc)
Ambers 06-70-15 (Lindley X Villard Blanc)	3.32	0.61	19.8	9/20/2008	Awesome flavor and wine chemistry.																Ambers 06-70-15 (Lindley X Villard Blanc)
	3.35	0.82	21.3	9/20/2009	The Vidal always makes a very nice crop of very good grapes, but being 75% vinifera
Vidal Blanc	3.53	0.81	21.6	9/22/2009	it suffers as much as they do in this climate.  Secondary shoots on Vidal were infested																Vidal Blanc
					with downy mildew this year while the adjacent Seyval was almost clean.  Enjoy for now.
Ambers 06-83-1	3.03	1.59	18.6	10/13/2009	4" loose cylindrical clusters with upward pedicels.  3/8" bloomy blue-black adherent berries	1	2	3													Ambers 06-83-1
(PFRt X Columbian)					Mild Eumelan flavor with good tannins.  Healthy and vigorous.  Big, thick leaves.																(PFRt X Columbian)
Ambers 06-83-2	2.91	2.02	15.3	9/25/2009	Not ripe, still red. Tart, pulpy, red juice. Cylindrical 4" clusters with 1/2" berries.																Ambers 06-83-2
(PFRt X Columbian)					Well attached.  More Welchy than Norton.  Very healthy and vigorous.																(PFRt X Columbian)
Ambers 06-83-3	3.18	1.22	18.5	10/13/2009	2" loose clusters.  1/2" round black berries w/ lt bloom and red juice.  Strong Eumelan																Ambers 06-83-3
(PFRt X Columbian)					flavor with Niagara-like diesel aroma.  Thick skins.  Very healthy and vigorous.																(PFRt X Columbian)
Ambers 06-35-2	3.31	1.35	22.2	10/13/2009	3" clusters w/ 1/2" berries, Eumelan flavor, cleaner than #3.  Blue.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7									Ambers 06-35-2
(HPL X Pocklington)																					(HPL X Pocklington)
Ambers 06-35-3	3.65	1.35	19.9	10/13/2009	3" open cylinders, 3/8" round black juicy pulpy berries.  Heavy Eumelan flavor with																Ambers 06-35-3
(HPL X Pocklington)					Concord-like musk.																(HPL X Pocklington)
Ambers 06-35-4	3.00	1.20	19.0	9/25/2009	Bluish red, well attached, juicy, pink juice, cleanly Welchy, 4" conical clusters with																Ambers 06-35-4
(HPL X Pocklington)	3.16	1.12	21.5	10/13/2009	1/2" berries.  Very healthy and vigorous. 10/13: superb Eumelan flavor, almost Beta-like.																(HPL X Pocklington)
Ambers 06-64	3.54	0.60	24.5	9/25/2009	Female, 3" open cylindrical clusters, 1/2" berries, well attached, exquisite-clean-lychee to																Ambers 06-64
(Lindley X PFR Foxy seedling #3)					black raspberry flavor, neutral aroma, pulpy, extra sweet, pink-red juice, oustanding.																(Lindley X PFR Foxy seedling #3)
Norton	3.49	0.97	24.2	9/25/2009	Black, bloomy, med well attached, 6" conical & well filled clusters, 3/8" berries,																Norton
(for comparision in this group, see below for full comments)					pulpy, very sweet, faintly-Welchy earthy flavor, lingering submetallic aftertaste, red-black juice.																(for comparision in this group, see below for full comments)
Ambers 06-82-2	3.34	0.75	23.2	9/25/2009	Bloomy black, well attached, very sweet, 5" long cylinders to slightly conical clusters,	1	2		<<<<shoot tips												Ambers 06-82-2
(PFRt X Delaware)					pink juice, delicate Delaware flavor, med pulpy.  Ready for wine making.																(PFRt X Delaware)
Ambers 06-78(-14?)	3.41	0.87	21.0	9/25/2009	Bloomy black, mod well attached, 2" first cluster, 3/8" berries, very sweet, juicy,																Ambers 06-78(-14?)
(PFRt X CaCo)					pink-red juice, smooth tannins.  Excellent.  Fruity but not Welchy.																(PFRt X CaCo)
Ambers 06-36-3	3.38	1.29	23.9	9/25/2009	Compact cylinders, well attached 5/16" berries are bloomy blue-black, round, sweet-tart, w/	1	2	3													Ambers 06-36-3
(HPL X Rayon d'Or)	3.46	1.20	25.0	10/13/2009	a lively melon fruit flavor.  Very vigorous. Healthy, sets secondary clusters. 5/16-3/8" berries.																(HPL X Rayon d'Or)
Ambers 06-41-1	2.99	1.78	20.7	9/25/2009	8" loose cylindrical clusters, 1/2" berries, well attached, bloomy blue-black, slightly ovoid,	1	2	3	4	5	6	7									Ambers 06-41-1
(HPU X Dattier St. Vallier)	3.20	1.42	23.7	10/13/2009	pink rachis, tart non-descript vinifera-type flavor, very juicy.  Late.  1/2" berries.  10/13:																(HPU X Dattier St. Vallier)
					V. good aestivalis earthiness, adherent, lt red juice, yum.
Ambers 05-27-1	3.31	1.98	21.4	9/25/2009	8" open cylindrical clusters with wing, 1/4" blue-brown, slightly oblate w/ white dots, juicy,	1															Ambers 05-27-1
(Vidal X FFae)	3.13	2.13	24.0	10/3/2009	well attached, thick skin like mother, neutral fruit to faint cherry, pink juice, Herbemont class.																(Vidal X FFae)
Ambers 05-39 (blend)	3.50	1.20	22.0	9/25/2009	7" loose narrow cylindrical clusters, long wing, slight bloomy black, round, 1/4", juicy, red-																Ambers 05-39 (blend)
(Chardonel X FFae)					pink juice, v sweet, faint cherry, neutral, delicious.  Herbemont class.  Wine ready.																(Chardonel X FFae)
Ambers 06-47-2	3.09	1.63	23.6	9/25/2009	7" open conical clusters, 1/2" bloomy blue-brown berries, pulp breaks down on pressing	1	2	3													Ambers 06-47-2
(HPU X Villard Blanc)	3.15	1.63	24.9	10/13/2009	making viscous juice, well attached, v tart, faint cherry, pink juice, Herbemont class.																(HPU X Villard Blanc)
					10/13: purple, very pretty, sweet-tart, good earthy aestiroma.
Ambers 06-47-6	3.14	1.83	23.1	10/13/2009	4" open clusters, 3/8" bloomy round blue-black berries.  Similar flavor to #2.																Ambers 06-47-6
(HPU X Villard Blanc)																					(HPU X Villard Blanc)
Ambers 06-29-1	3.15	1.38	23.2	9/25/2009	3" tight very Delaware-like clusters, 3/8" bloomy round blue-brown berries, tart, neutral																Ambers 06-29-1
(HPL X Himrod)	3.15	1.84	25.0	10/13/2009	well attached.  Herbemont class.  10/13: tan juice, earthy aestiroma, Norton Class																(HPL X Himrod)
					flavor with the same lingering sub-metallic aftertaste as Norton.
Ambers 06-33-1	3.16	1.30	24.2	9/25/2009	4" compact conical clusters, round 5/16" berries, bloomy blue-black, juicy, dark pink juice	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9							Ambers 06-33-1
(HPL X Gewurztraminer)	3.42	1.23	25.2	10/13/2009	sweet, neutral, good tannin structure, well attached, outstanding flavor.  10/13: creamy																(HPL X Gewurztraminer)
					pink juice (tartrates), lingering tannin finish, very sweet, excellent.
Ambers 06-38-1	3.24	1.29	22.8	10/13/2009	4" conical open cluster w/ 2" shoulder, bloomy blue black round adherent 3/8" berries.	1	2	3	4												Ambers 06-38-1
(HPL X Villard Blanc)					Much like HPL in appearance, nice tannins, unbreakable rachis.  Lenoir Class.  Female.																(HPL X Villard Blanc)
Ambers 06-38-2	2.97	1.98	22.2	10/13/2009	Like #1 but with 5/16" berries and ~10% shot berries.  Tart, neutral.																Ambers 06-38-2
(HPL X Villard Blanc)					Coming out in 2010.																(HPL X Villard Blanc)
Ambers 06-38-3	3.26	1.29	27.2	10/13/2009	6" tapering cylider open shouldered clusters, 5/16" blue-black berries.  Beautiful.																Ambers 06-38-3
(HPL X Villard Blanc)					No shot berries, very good flavor. very sweet.																(HPL X Villard Blanc)
Ambers 06-38-4	3.25	1.30	23.1	10/13/2009	single cluster 3" long, 5/16" berries, very good with nice tannins.																Ambers 06-38-4
(HPL X Villard Blanc)																					(HPL X Villard Blanc)
Ambers 06-38-5	3.01	1.54	24.6	10/13/2009	5" open clusters, 3/8" round lt bloom blue-black tough berries.  Lt red juice,  Excellent																Ambers 06-38-5
(HPL X Villard Blanc)					neutral flavor.																(HPL X Villard Blanc)
Ambers 06-38-13	3.14	1.15	23.7	9/25/2009	5" compact conical clusters, bloomy blue-brown to black, very well attached, juicy, juice																Ambers 06-38-13
(HPL X Villard Blanc)	3.26	1.17	24.5	10/13/2009	lt pink, sweet, neutral, thick skins, round to slightly oblate, very good. 10/13: very fine																(HPL X Villard Blanc)
					flavor, pink juice, superb.
Ambers 06-38-14 (HPL X Villard Blanc)	3.28	1.12	25.9	10/13/2009	Much like #1.  Lt pink juice, exquisute tannins and mild flavor.																Ambers 06-38-14 (HPL X Villard Blanc)
Foxy Vixen	2.99	1.71	18.8	9/25/2009	see previous years for descriptions	1	2	3													Foxy Vixen
Ambers 05-54-5	3.50	0.63	17.1	10/3/2009	Like #10 but later ripening.  As a group, this cross is very consistent, producing almost																Ambers 05-54-5
(Wiggins Spring labrusca X Vivant)					all self-fertile vines.  The fruit is loved at market as a "fox grape."																(Wiggins Spring labrusca X Vivant)
Ambers 05-54-10	3.57	0.49	16.8	9/25/2009	4" well filled clusters with 3/4" bloomy black, slightly oblate berries.  Dry scar, weakly																Ambers 05-54-10
(Wiggins Spring labrusca X Vivant)					attached, dark red-purple juice.  Very good Welchy flavor.																(Wiggins Spring labrusca X Vivant)
Ambers 05-111	3.18	0.36	17.6	9/25/2009	4" shouldered clusters with 5/8" black bloomy berries.  Med well attached, tough skin,																Ambers 05-111
(Wiggins Spring labrusca X Lakemont)					pure Welchy like Isabella, very sweet, delicious.																(Wiggins Spring labrusca X Lakemont)
Isabella	3.47	0.43	19.4	9/25/2009	4" winged clusters with 5/8" dull black berries, less Welchy than Concord, pink juice.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7									Isabella
	3.65	0.43	20.2	10/3/2009	Very sweet and delicious.
Ambers 06-104-2	3.22	1.59	24.3	9/25/2009