The muscadine does not look like a traditional table grape. It’s large with thick skin. “It’s very low input if you want to put a grapevine in the back yard.

Although there are many muscadine wine lovers in the South, these wines are sometimes deemed less sophisticated by the wine industry at large. “People do look down on native grapes,” says Cox.

Muscadine wines are made from grapes of the same name grown throughout the Southeast, but primarily in North Carolina and Georgia, one of the most underrated wine regions in the U.S.

Two new varieties of muscadine not only promise a longer growing season but also recall two Arkansas icons, both names trademarked: Altus, the state's wine capital, and Mighty Fine, a name that ...

Another good reference book we have is Native Texas Plants by Sally and Andy Wasowski. Now their book covers all of Texas and this book lists 22 locally named native grapes! I really have a hard time ...

So there are a lot of quality traits that need to be improved in muscadine.” Threlfall estimates there are around 600 acres of grapes growing in Arkansas, with most of those acres being muscadines.

Two new varieties of muscadine not only promise a longer growing season but also recall two Arkansas icons, both names trademarked: Altus, the state's wine capital, and Mighty Fine, a name that ...