Since 2013 I have been making my own wines from our home grown grapes, raspberries and apples.... This year we have a bumper crop of grapes....
There are only 2 vines, growing on a fence 10 ft. long and 5 ft. high, and this year we got 53 lbs. of grapes....
The grapes are the "Valiant" variety, which is cold hardy down to Zone 2 (we are Zone 3 here in Coalmont), and they have seeds, so not great for eating, but they make a fabulous wine.... I steam extract the juice, and this year I got 23.5 litres (the wife grabbed one to make grape jelly)....
Here is a photo of the start of this year's vintage.... with the juice fermenting in the primary fermenters (buckets)....
The 2 smaller buckets contain 6 gallons of table wine, while the larger bucket in the middle has just over 3 gallons of grape dessert wine (fabulous with a cheese plate on a cold winter's eve).... Here are photos of our first vintage....
The label is my wife's work, reflecting our battle to get the grapes before the local bears gorge on them in September....
The wine is the deepest red you can imagine, you can "bearly" see through a glass....
Bob