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Georgia's grape harvest begins, which means time for wine

Harvesting season for bunch grapes began last week, and muscadines will Harvest in July.

At Georgia Bob's Uncorked in Byron, it's always "wine o' clock."

As of last week, it's time to harvest the Georgia-grown grapes that go into each glass.

Grapes thrive in moderate climates with no extreme, dry summers, and without extreme winters, which makes Georgia a prime location.

Katie Taylor is the marketing director at Georgia Bob's Uncorked. She says grapes can take the Georgia heat. 

"The grapes they normally grow better in anywhere between 65 to 105 degrees."

These are the grapes that make red and white wine, and Taylor uncorked the difference. 

"How they make reds is they actually leave the skins of the muscadine on there, but then they let it ferment. Then, there's white muscadine wine that they actually take the skins off of it and they extract the juice," Taylor said.

Right now, farmers are harvesting European bunch grapes and some French-American hybrids, but next month, our top sellers will be ready.

According to the UGA extension, Georgia's the largest distributor of sweet muscadines in the nation.

"They cant go to Napa or any of these fancy places and get true southern wine," Taylor said, which is made by our very own sweet Georgia grapes. 

The bunch-grape harvest will go through October 1st.

Muscadines will go through November 1st.

If you want to try some of the Georgia-grown wine at Georgia Bob's Uncorked, head to their Facebook page for more information on hours and events.

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