"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
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"Charlie Pridham" wrote

Our small veg area has remained fallow all year as yet again we are too
busy at the wrong time to be successful veg growers, we do however do well
with fruit so are planning a small area of grapes for wine making.
I am after some suggestions for an early ripening (cool summers here)
grape variety and suggestions for suppliers of plants.

The grapes we have are not suitable for wine making (Black Hamburg) or too
late ripening (Muscat of Alexandria)


Why not have a word with Camel Valley Wines, they can't be too far from
you and they make award winning wines.
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Regards. Bob Hobden.
Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK

They seem to use a Pinot Blanco making sparkling white wines, this seems to
be a sport of Pinot Noir, sounds like a possibility

Thanks to everyone else for the suggestions thus far, we also lost all our
grapes this year to mildew.


As far as pruning goes, I am OK with that

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Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cvs
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk