[Growwine] Should an indigenous wine culture start with home viticulture?

[Lon J. Rombough]

FWIW, I've seen a Niagara vine planted in a 2 x 2 foot hole, trained up 
a building next to it, and that vine produced 1,000 pounds of fruit a 
year.  Grapes are highly adaptable and it wouldn't be hard to get 
similar results with something like Baco Noir.  It's entirely possible 
to get enough fruit to make a good quantity of wine from a very small 
area, if you are creative in how you grow them.
-Lon Rombough
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On Mar 7, 2008, at 9:02 AM, Ryan Daum wrote:

I think you hit on a key problem here: "a great many people do not
have the right kind of yardspace, or even enough space, to plant a
family vineyard".

I live on a 100'x25' city of Toronto lot.  I'll never grow enough from
my vines to make wine, only to play around with.  I buy grapes from
Niagara each year, and like to make lots of it, but it's not ideal for
me, I'd rather be more involved.
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