Terroir de Whole Foods?
The Whole Foods Market in Winston-Salem, NC, sells wine grapes by the pound. $2.49 a pound for “Organic Red Granache (sic) Wine Grapes,” “Organic Green French Colombard Wine Grapes,” and “Organic Black Carignane Wine Grapes.” Taste the difference, pre-wine! Or maybe it is another DIY wine thing?
Even though the store sits on the edge of the fastest-growing wine region of the country, the grapes are from California.
Thanks, Mark, for the cameraphone pic!
Oct
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2010
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On October 1st, 2010 at 12:13 pm ,Josh wrote:
That’s 5000/ton for French Colombard
On October 1st, 2010 at 12:32 pm ,Dr. Vino wrote:
A bargain, I’m sure!
Has harvest even started in California yet? I guess it has somewhere!
On October 1st, 2010 at 3:43 pm ,El Jefe wrote:
“I saw this wino, he was eating grapes. I was like, ‘Dude, you have to wait.’” – Mitch Hedberg
The harvest is finally starting here in the foothills. If you are interested in tasting pre-wine, or even during the process, get thee to a local winery and check out the crush!
On October 1st, 2010 at 3:44 pm ,Steve Edmunds wrote:
isn’t it DIY?
On October 1st, 2010 at 4:11 pm ,Dr. Vino wrote:
Yes, DIY!
Funny to see three California vingerons commenting here–more testimony to the fact that the harvest really hasn’t started, I guess. Thanks for stopping by!
On October 1st, 2010 at 4:28 pm ,Josh wrote:
Actually I just finished harvest.
Will be an amazing year for Cab, pretty horrible for most Zins, remains to be seen for Pinot. Though I have heard that Napa Cab Franc and Petite Verdot got burned to be damned a few weeks back, so blending could be a challenge.
Don’t know how the French Colombard fared overall.
On October 1st, 2010 at 8:47 pm ,Kimberly wrote:
I don’t get it, really, I don’t. What would a person actually do with these grapes? Maybe I’m missing something here . . .
Weird, I used to live in that part of North Carolina and I shopped at that particular Whole Foods market frequently.