Grape Fact Sheet
Drinking Concord grape juice can significantly increase good cholesterol. (Nutra USA)
Fresh Ohio grapes are available from August to October. Choose firm, plump grapes on pliable stems. Dry brittle stems are a sign of poor quality.
Store grapes in the refrigerator in a perforated plastic bag, or in a location with low temperatures and high humidity. Grapes should last about two weeks if stored properly.
1-1/2 pounds of grapes yields approximately four cups of grapes.
10 grapes contain approximately 40 calories, small amounts of potassium, thiamin and Vitamin A.
Grapes are the number one cultivated fruit crop in the world. There are 20 million acres of grapes planted worldwide.
Grapes are the most valuable fruit crop in the United States.
In 121 B.C. Roman Historian Pliny the elder rated a 200 year-old wine as a "vintage of the highest quality."
At the celebration party for the drafters of the US Constitution the fare included 50 bottles of Madeira, 60 bottles of Claret, and 22 bottles of Port.
The largest wine bottle is known as a Nebuchadnezzar and holds 20 regular bottles of wine.
Thomas Jefferson was the first wine steward of the White House and stocked the wine cellars of five U.S. presidents.
One grapevine can produce enough grapes for ten bottles of wine.
The world production of grapes is over 72 million tons.
The average person eats eight pounds of grapes per year.
The Armenians claim that Noah planted the first vineyard on earth in their country.
In the 17th century, Benedictine monk, Dom Perignon is credited with discovering the cork as a closure for wine bottles.
"We could in the United States make a great variety of wines as are made in Europe, not exactly of the same kinds, but doubtless as good." Thomas Jefferson
Wine has so many organic compounds it is considered more complex than blood serum.
When Mt. Vesuvius buried Pompeii in volcanic lava in 79 A.D., it also buried more than 200 wine bars.
"Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried , with fewer tensions and more tolerance." Benjamin Franklin
"I cook with wine. Sometimes I even add it to the food." W.C. Fields
The largest cork tree in the world is known as "The Whistler Tree." Located in Portugal, it produces enough cork per harvest to close 100,000 bottles of wine.
Prior to the Civil War, Ohio was considered America's most important wine producing state.
Grapes are easier to peal when they are frozen. Rinse frozen grapes in lukewarm water and the skins will split and slip right off.
In ancient Babylon, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead (honey wine) he could drink for a month after the wedding. The period of free mead was known as "honey month" which we now call the "honeymoon."
Fresh Ohio grapes are available from August to October. Choose firm, plump grapes on pliable stems. Dry brittle stems are a sign of poor quality.
Store grapes in the refrigerator in a perforated plastic bag, or in a location with low temperatures and high humidity. Grapes should last about two weeks if stored properly.
1-1/2 pounds of grapes yields approximately four cups of grapes.
10 grapes contain approximately 40 calories, small amounts of potassium, thiamin and Vitamin A.
Grapes are the number one cultivated fruit crop in the world. There are 20 million acres of grapes planted worldwide.
Grapes are the most valuable fruit crop in the United States.
In 121 B.C. Roman Historian Pliny the elder rated a 200 year-old wine as a "vintage of the highest quality."
At the celebration party for the drafters of the US Constitution the fare included 50 bottles of Madeira, 60 bottles of Claret, and 22 bottles of Port.
The largest wine bottle is known as a Nebuchadnezzar and holds 20 regular bottles of wine.
Thomas Jefferson was the first wine steward of the White House and stocked the wine cellars of five U.S. presidents.
One grapevine can produce enough grapes for ten bottles of wine.
The world production of grapes is over 72 million tons.
The average person eats eight pounds of grapes per year.
The Armenians claim that Noah planted the first vineyard on earth in their country.
In the 17th century, Benedictine monk, Dom Perignon is credited with discovering the cork as a closure for wine bottles.
"We could in the United States make a great variety of wines as are made in Europe, not exactly of the same kinds, but doubtless as good." Thomas Jefferson
Wine has so many organic compounds it is considered more complex than blood serum.
When Mt. Vesuvius buried Pompeii in volcanic lava in 79 A.D., it also buried more than 200 wine bars.
"Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried , with fewer tensions and more tolerance." Benjamin Franklin
"I cook with wine. Sometimes I even add it to the food." W.C. Fields
The largest cork tree in the world is known as "The Whistler Tree." Located in Portugal, it produces enough cork per harvest to close 100,000 bottles of wine.
Prior to the Civil War, Ohio was considered America's most important wine producing state.
Grapes are easier to peal when they are frozen. Rinse frozen grapes in lukewarm water and the skins will split and slip right off.
In ancient Babylon, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead (honey wine) he could drink for a month after the wedding. The period of free mead was known as "honey month" which we now call the "honeymoon."
