Herb. No. 209 · Vitaceae
Caucasus and Mediterranean vinifera; American species for juice and humidity.
Native · Mediterranean · West Asia
Native Also grownNow a garden plant worldwide
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Grape
Vitis vinifera
Fruit & vegetableHarvestCompanions
The vine that made wine, raisins, and a table cluster — food first, and a very old human partnership.
Wine grape is a Eurasian vine. Traditional use is as fruit, dried fruit, leaf wrapping, and fermented juice. Culinary ripe fruit is the path. Concord and muscadine are American cousins with their own plates in the kitchen if not yet in this catalog. Dogs and raisins are a known veterinary emergency — keep the bowl up.
Flavor
From foxy Concord to tight wine acid. Table grapes are bred for snap and sugar.
Parts used
Ripe fruit · Leaf (kitchen wrap)
Helpful
- A pergola that pays
- Raisins store
Cautions
- Disease in humid summers
- Birds
- Raisins and dogs