Florida is home to several native grape species that belong to the genus Vitis. The most common and famous native grape is Vitis rotundifolia, also known as the muscadine grape. Muscadine grapes are ...

Taste Test Tuesday got a little wild with the 6 in the morning team. They tried out handmade muscadine jelly, which Tess Maune's husband made using muscadine grapes that the two picked in the wild in ...

When Giovanni de Verrazano said in 1524 that wild muscadines growing along the Cape Fear would "without doubt" make excellent wine, had the Florentine explorer even eaten the grapes? Had he tackled ...

Q: I found some muscadines growing wild in the woods. Do you think I could transplant the vine into my garden and successfully grow grapes? Answer: Muscadine grapes are native to the Southern states ...

I remember my mom used to go down the country roads and pick wild grapes for jelly making. I believe she called them Mustang grapes, but that is too much of a stretch for me to claim I remember the ...

There are a few quintessential Southern fruits: blackberries, figs and muscadine grapes. You’ve driven by wild muscadine vines along the highway and maybe admired the vigorous vines growing 100 feet ...

DARLINGTON COUNTY — South Carolina should be set for a good muscadine harvest this year. Plenty of water during the spring season has paved the way for what should be a high-yield, high-sugar batch of ...

A muscadine made me cry. It happened the other day, in the grocery store. I spotted the package of wild grapes in the produce aisle and had to fight back tears. It's not that I cry over grapes.

Scuppernong season is coming, and I’m looking forward to picking some grapes. For the last couple of years, I was unable to pick at Lake Apshawa Farm & Nursery, the Clermont vinery where I usually ...

The first South Carolina Upper Lowcountry Muscadine Festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25, at Saltcatcher Farms in Denmark. The event is sponsored by Community Rural Arts ...