The Grapes of Goronson

In 2019, we started creating a vineyard of our own to be able to grow grapes for our birds, since they love them so much. Then, before our very eyes, it turned into something much bigger! In the summer of 2020, a former vineyard owner came to help us expand our vineyard and professionally trellis these delicate vines.

Goronson Farm Vineyard

Here is a photo of our larger vineyard during the off-season. Meaning, that all of the vines have gone into hibernation for the winter and will come back in the spring and summer!

Here are some of our grape varieties, with a brief description as well as tasting notes that we have collected.

• Canadice
  This is a delicious slipskin variety with a tender and edible skin. This grape has a distinct, but not overpowering, labrusca flavor. They are medium in size, produce 35-40 grapes per cluster, are pink to light red in color, and they are seedless.

• Summer - Muscat
  These are considered by most Europeans to be the most flavorful and aromatically delicious of all grapes. They are commonly used in the making of sparkling wines (Champagne). This yellow grape is so enriched with sugars that it is commonly grown for drying on the vines and making raisins.

• Red Flame (Seedless)
  These grapes have colors that range from a brilliant flame red to a deep purple. They are excellent for fresh eating or making raisins.

• Crimson (Seedless)
  A reliably sweet choice with a good crisp texture. They are the latest ripening seedless table grape, ripening in mid-October and, weather permitting, can be held on the vine through mid-November. These grapes range from a distinct red to a gorgeous ,dark purple.

• Summer Royal (Seedless)
  Summer Royal is a juicy and delicious grape that holds a strong Muscat flavor. It is sweet, large, and firm to the touch. They are ideal as a dessert, table grape with an excellent taste.

• Concord
  This is one grape that everyone knows and loves - an American favorite. Concords were described as “the grape for the millions” by Horace Greeley. The vines are vigorous, hardy, and productive and produce medium-sized clusters bearing large, blue-black berries. They are tough-skinned, flavorful, and highly aromatic.

• Cayuga White *
  These are a very popular white hybrid grape variety; probably one of the most popular variety developed by the Geneva Wine Grape Breeding Program at Cornell University, New York.

• Brianna
  This beautiful grape variety produces light, semi-sweet table wines with grapefruit, tropical, and floral characteristics, with a pronounced pineapple notes when fully ripe.

• Chelois
  These grapes are bred from two varieties of grapes, namely Roi de Noirs and Bienvenu. Both of these varieties are Siebel cultivars. Due to this fact, Chelois grape is also known as Seibel 10878 in some areas. It is used in the making of Chancellor, Baco Noir, and Chambourein. Chelois is an important variety, though the vines are tough to maintain and preserve.

• Corot Noir
  This grape variety is a result of a cross made between Seyve VIllard 18-307 and Steuben in 1970. The wine has a deep red color, cherry and berry fruit aromas, and a soft, full tannin structure.

• Noiret *

  This grape produces an excellent full-bodied, richly colored wine. The wines can resemble Shiraz (Syrah) with a distinct black pepper character, moderate tannins, and notes of raspberry, blackberry and mint.

• Marquette*

  This grape is rapidly becoming the most popular northern red grape variety. Typically maturing with high sugar content and moderate acidity, Marquette produces complex wines with attractive ruby colors and pronounced tannins, often with notes of cherry, berry, black pepper, and spice.

* We are making 2023 wines with juice from these grapes.