Grapes

We grow grapes for home winemaking and other uses.  They are usually ready for picking from early July into September, depending on the variety.   The grapes grown at Williams Berry Farm in the Bethesda viticulture area produce a very high quality wine.  We provide crushing, de-stemming, and pressing for our grape customers.  All grape sales must be booked in advance and picked up on the picking day.  To book your grapes email us.

Varieties

• Reliance        
  The Reliance is a small rose colored, seedless grape usually available the last week in July.  Good for fresh eating, it also produces a very nice all purpose white table wine.  The wine is fruity with hints of melons and flowers.
• Sunbelt (Concord)  
  Ripens mid- to late August.  Good for fresh eating as well as juice, jelly and wine.
• Chambourcin
  Usually available the first of September.  A French-American red grape for an excellent red wine.  Chewy taste with hints of chocolate, black cherry and blackberry.
• Chardonel
  Late ripening.  Produces a high-quality, aromatic white wine, with varietal characteristics of parents Seyval and Chardonnay.
• Cynthiana
  Makes a distinctive red wine with pronounced tannin structure.  Called by some the "Ozark Cabernet".  Ripens very late.