Because muscadine grapes produce less sugars than other varieties, Burgess adds sugar in a process called chaptalization. The resulting wines then have a sugar content between 2 percent and 4 percent.

Muscadines are much more prolific, potentially yielding eight times more than other types of grapes, according to Muscadine Naturals. Typically, muscadine grapes in the wild bear dark fruit with ...

Once we pick the muscadines off the vine, there's a process of kind of separating the pulp from the skins, because there's a seed inside that muscadine grape, so we've got to kind of get that out.

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.

Then there are the health benefits of muscadine grapes, also known as scuppernongs in many parts of the South. Legislators adopted the scuppernong as North Carolina's official state fruit in 2001.

Two new varieties of muscadine not only promise a longer growing season but also recall two Arkansas icons: Altus, the ...

Alabama is one of the lesser-known wine regions in the US, but its family run vineyards make for a heartwarming trail across ...

MSU Muscadine Field Day to be held Aug. 28 By Bonnie Coblentz MSU Extension Service CARRIERE, Miss. -- Anyone growing muscadine grapes or interested in learning more about this fruit crop is invited ...

Allie Ann McKinley hides in the shade and crushes muscadine grapes between her fingers during the 20th Deep Water Vineyard grape stomp and Lucy Look-A-Like contest Saturday, August 17, 2024, on ...