When choosing the best grape varieties for a house, it is necessary to take into account the peculiarities of the climate in your region. The next important nuance is what goal you want to achieve when growing this crop. If for personal consumption in the first place there are taste qualities, then for the market - a commercial kind, the possibility of transportation and the maturation period.
The best grape varieties
Studying the description of varieties of grapes, each gardener wishes to find a plant with ideal characteristics. Old dining varieties are famous for chic taste, but they have low winter hardiness and are susceptible to diseases . Wine grapes have good sugar accumulation and high juice content, but it has small bunches and berries. Ideal - to have on the site several bushes of different purposes. Newcomers can advise new complex-resistant hybrids and grape varieties with excellent frost resistance, flavor and good data for the market.
The most delicious grape varieties
Kishmish Radiant
Many fans who describe delicious grape varieties include high-yielding and seedless Kishmish Radiant with an early-average (up to 130 days) ripening period. Berries are dense, weighing up to 4 g, golden-pink or crimson, with sugar content up to 21%. Grapes - from 600 g to 1500 g. The taste of the grapes is harmonious with muscat notes.
Variety of grapes Lora
The early grape variety Lora (second name Flora) ripens to 115-120 days. Oval berries of large size weighing up to 9 g have a salad white color, peel on the sunny side with a tan. The sugar content is above 20% with an acidity of up to 8 g / l, a pleasant aroma with tender muscat notes. The Laura bush with good care stretches the crop to 40 kg.
Risamate
Uzbek variety Rizamat before the emergence of new hybrids was the king of the market. The berries are large, pink, up to 14-15 g, with a sugar content of 22% and acidity of 6 g / l. Suitable for obtaining quality raisins, conservation, for the market. Has a medium cluster - up to 1000 g. Disadvantages of the variety - low resistance to disease, frost - up to 18 ° C.
The best grape varieties for the market
Libya
If you are interested in early table grapes, transportable varieties for the market, then Libya is an excellent option. It has dense cylindrical clusters up to 1 kg and more, attractive pink berries egg-shaped with a crispy and juicy pulp, a harmonious aroma with muscat notes. Frost resistance up to -21 ° C, duration of vegetation - 110 days.
Anniversary of Novocherkassk
A popular variety was introduced by the amateur breeder N. V. Krainov. Its best qualities are fine taste, huge bunches (from 800 g to 3 kg), stable yield, frost-resistance up to -23 ° C. Berries near the Anniversary of Novocherkassk with a harmonious taste, pink or yellowish-pink, up to 3.8 cm long, weighing up to 18 g.
Arcadia
One of the most common and consistently productive grapes of early varieties with a vegetation period of up to 125 days. Grapes large - from 500 g to 2 kg, the diameter of the berries - up to 2.3 cm. We note the good frost resistance of Arcadia (down to -24 ° C) and good resistance to diseases. The taste is simple, with a full ripening is felt a light nutmeg.
Early grape varieties
Anniversary of the Kherson summer resident (YHD)
Ultra-rare varieties of grapes are intended to receive products as early as the last days of July, the clusters of YUHD are ready for sale on 100-110 days. Brushes in this grape variety of 500-600 grams, large berries, beautiful dark pink color, with a balanced taste and eaten skin. Frost can withstand up to -26 ° C.
The First-Called
The ripeness of the First-Called reaches on the 115th day of vegetation. The grapes in it are of a marketable appearance, grow to 700 g, with an average density. Berry amber-white color with a harmonious taste, weight up to 9 g, size up to 27x24 mm. Grape variety requires treatment with fungicides, but resistance to diseases is good, frost resistance up to -23 ° C.
Super-Extra
The variety has commodity bunches up to 370-700 g with a large berries up to 8 grams and more. In this grapes they are of amber color, of an attractive appearance, with a harmonious taste. Advantages include early maturation (100-110 days), resistance to fungal diseases is above average. The grape variety of Super-Extras can withstand frosts down to -24 ° C.
Frost resistant grape varieties
Isabel
Listing frost-resistant varieties of grapes , amateurs always mention Isabella, which withstands cold temperatures to -30-32 ° C. It has long been used in winemaking and for fresh consumption. To the distinctive features of Isabella it is necessary to include a pronounced strawberry flavor and mucous pulp. Berries dark green color, clusters up to 140 g. Ripening period - up to 180 days.
Amur grapes
This grade tolerates a temperature drop of -40 ° C even in harsh northern regions. Grapes it to 240 g with black berries. The taste of grapes is simple with sourness, sugar content reaches 19-23%. The cultivar is yielding, little affected by diseases, can be used for the production of juice or compotes.
Amethyst
In this grapes, medium-sized clusters, measuring 270-300 g, with a small load reach 700 g, the berry ripens in 110 days. It has an increased frost resistance from -33 to -35 ° C. The taste of the variety Amethyst sweet and sour, harmonious, with muscatel and fruit shades. The color of the berries is dark pink.
Varieties of grapes for wine
Chardonnay
Enumerating wine grape varieties , you can not go past Chardonnay, from which they produce chic drinks with notes of fruits, citrus and floral flavors. This West European grape is bred in Burgundy. The weight of the average cluster is 90-100 g. The berries of Chardonnay are white and green, with a tan, weighing up to 15 g. The period of vegetation is up to 140 days.
Sauvignon Blanc
The wine from Sauvignon gives the aroma of currant leaves, greens, fruits and gooseberries. It is often used for blending with Riesling and Aligote. Bunches weighing about 120 g, berries are greenish-white, small and medium-sized, with a pulp of harmonious taste. Duration of vegetation is up to 135 days.
Pinot Noir
It is used for obtaining elegant red wines with notes of herbs, berries and musk. Grapes in the Pinot Noir grapes variety are small - up to 120 g, medium-sized berries with a juicy and tender flesh, dark blue color with a bluish coating. The period of vegetation is up to 150 days, so the ripening occurs at the beginning of October or the end of September.
Cognac grape varieties
Aligote
When studying the question of what sorts of grapes make cognac, you will certainly meet the mention of Aligot. Grapes in it are small, on average up to 100 g, a berry up to 15 mm of yellowish-green color. The variety ripens in the south of Ukraine and Russia in the second half of September. The vine requires treatments against diseases, frost-resistance up to -18 ° C.
Riesling
Grape variety of German origin with a greenish-white berries, bunch mass up to 100 g. Matures up to 150-160 days. Normally it can withstand cold to -20 ° C. Riesling is not considered a high-yielding grapes, but it produces excellent strong drinks with a strong aroma of citrus, apples, honey, wild herbs.
Grapes variety Bianca
A popular grape variety of technical direction, the taste is harmonious, the pulp is juicy. In the southern regions it is ready for use in August. Grapes from Bianchi to 120 g, berries - up to 1.5 g of yellow-green color. Withstands frost to -27 ° C, can hang for a long time on the vine, accumulating sugar content up to 28%.