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hentywines · Feb 12, 2024

Hi there everyone!

Just bought our first home in rural NSW in Australia and it appears we have grapevines in our back garden so I’m intending to see about making wine with the harvest in a couple weeks.

Does anyone know how we can determine the varietal?

crushday · Feb 13, 2024

I would recommend posting pics of the leaves (both sides) and the fruit... We can likely identify from the pics...

hentywines · Feb 13, 2024

crushday said:
I would recommend posting pics of the leaves (both sides) and the fruit... We can likely identify from the pics...

Thank you for offering, I have attached some photos from this morning of the fruit and leaves.

David Violante · Feb 13, 2024

Welcome to WMT! Those look like concord to me, I’m just not sure of their presence in Australia.

Rice_Guy · Feb 13, 2024

Welcome to WMT

hentywines said:
Hi there everyone!

Just bought our first home in rural NSW in Australia and it appears we have grapevines in our back garden so I’m intending to see about making wine with the harvest in a couple weeks.
Does anyone know how we can determine the varietal?

As far as grapes, the only real way to say what variety it is is to test the genetics.

For the point of view on how to use the grape 1) skin color 2) flesh color 3) taste / tannins 4) what varieties the neighbors are growing. ,,, If you look at Europe where a lot of the grapes varieties started they are actually named for the region where they were grown. And there will be some variation in the plants.