Beyond Organic Wine J. Stephen Casscles - Hybrid & American Heritage Grapes: Treat Them Like Real Grapes!
My guest for this episode is J Stephen Casscles, author of the book Grapes of the Hudson Valley, and grower of 106 varieties of hybrids and heritage wine grapes in the Hudson Valley.
If I were to boil this entire episode down into one message it would be to Treat hybrids like real grapes!
We talk all about the benefits and characteristics of these heritage and hybrid grapes. We talk about the added benefits of growing grapes on their own roots, rather than rootstock. We talk about why hybrids were banned in France. We talk about the benefits of the greater productivity of these grapes, the benefits of the disease resistance of these grapes. We talk about making wine from hybrids, and how they can immensely expand your palate of flavors to work with.
Stephen has a wealth of information to share and this interview is a non-stop firehose of wine knowledge.
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