Outdoor Grape Variety - Bacchus (White Wine Variety)
Bacchus (Vitis vinifera 'Bacchus') is recommended by us as the best white wine variety for the UK, producing reliable, heavy crops of quality fruit.
Some information on grapevines:
There are perhaps some mis-conceptions about growing a grapevine? Perhaps they are considered as something of a luxury? Is it possible to grow them in a garden or greenhouse? Is it possible to produce wine?
In southern England and Wales it is possible to grow grapes outdoors, obviously, dependent on the situation, with a south-facing site preferable, alongside a sunny wall. Indoor grape varieties are more capable of being grown across the United Kingdom. We know of grapes being successfully grown in a greenhouse in Aberdeenshire where there is a small-scale production of wine!
Cultivation:
Vine varieties which grow indoors are generally planted into the soil outside of a greenhouse and the stem trained to grow inside, this made through a hole in the wall. This type of cultivation is that most commonly chosen for vines which are grown in greenhouses with floors of concrete. It is a pre-requisite to provide excellent ventilation for grapes grown under glass. It is important to provide increasing levels of ventilation as the grapes ripen, thus reducing humidity.
A reliable and excellent quality sweetwater black grape, Black Hamburg produces large bunches of appealing grapes.
A soft fruit gift: We will include a message card included at no additional cost if required.
