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


They actually produce more than their award winning sparkling white and have
the following grape varieties....

Bacchus,
Seyval Blanc,
Pinot Noir,
Reichensteiner,
Dornfelder,
Rondo,
Chardonnay.

Decide what sort of wine you want to end up with and take a drive over there
and ask their suggestions.

-- Regards
Bob Hobden
Posting to this Newsgroup
from the W.of London. UK