Kansas Launches Wine Council to Boost State Industry, Tourism

The Journal Record;  October 25, 1994 ;     551 words ......we can grow high quality grapes here in Kansas." Jennings is chairman of...selling about $970,000 of grapes a year, according to the Kansas Department of Agriculture...for traditional farmers. Kansas-grown grapes can be sold for $300 to...

Great grapes - easier to grow than you think

Jerusalem Post;  April 11, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Batsheva Mink Jerusalem Post 04-11-2001 Headline: Great grapes - easier to grow than you think Byline: Batsheva Mink...making a fence, weeding, pruning and harvesting of the grapes. Grapes were used mainly in the production of wine but also...

Grapes: the perfect fruit year-round

Chicago Sun-Times;  August 13, 1987 ;     328 words ...Grapes have been part of our diet for thousands of years. Today...throughout the world - twice the world banana production. Grapes are used in three ways: Crushed for wine, spirits and other...consumption. California produces approximately 4 million tons of grapes per year. Approximately 63 percent are ...

Luscious grapes more than guilt-free snacking

Oakland Tribune;  September 6, 2006 ;     547 words ......growing up, a grape was a grape. It sat with other grapes on their cluster in our fruit bowl, there like a...complex nature of these seemingly simple fruits. Grapes are not just grapes; grapes make wine, balsamic vinegar and raisins...

Grapes, Mother Nature's convenience food, add kick to game hens....

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  January 24, 1994 ;     624 words ...Grapes are one of Mother Nature's true convenience foods _ rinse...disappear. Thompson Seedless, the long, slim green to yellow grapes, are the most popular _ and the most available _ variety...start in late May and finish up this month. Off-season, grapes are shipped to the United States from Chile and ...

Expert finds grapes can be harmful to some dogs

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  October 17, 2002 ;     561 words ...00-00-0000 Expert finds grapes can be harmful to some dogs CATHY KRZECKOWSKI...Column: PET Q&A Q. I recently heard that grapes may not be good for dogs. My bull dog loves fresh fruit, especially grapes. Can you tell what is in the grape that...

Locally-produced grapes next on menu

New Straits Times;  December 15, 2007 ;     373 words ...New Straits Times 12-15-2007 Locally-produced grapes next on menu Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section...hot tropical climate, a suitable place to cultivate grapes. Grapes are normally imported from cooler climes in the United...

Grapes go great with yogurt, salads and other snack foods

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  September 22, 2004 ;     125 words ...Here are a few ways to use grapes to make healthy snacks and starters: Peanut butter and grapes. Spread a toasted English muffin half with peanut butter, and top with slivered seedless grapes. You can also use whole-grain sandwich bread...

California Wineries Compete for Short Supply of Grapes.(Originated from...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  August 28, 1996 ;     488 words ......28--California wineries are thirsty for grapes, but few wine-grape growers have been...for the wineries and the growers. The grapes are of high quality, but there are just...wineries into competition for California grapes and driven others to import bulk wine...

Winemakers harvest grapes with the help of volunteers

The Topeka Capital-Journal;  October 15, 1999 ;     700+ words ......Phil Snapp, of Belleville Grapes By CARLA STRAND Salina Journal...harvest-ready green, gold and red grapes hung silently under their...Nisa Lafferty, a student at Kansas State University who was slicing grapes from the vines recently...of lush, green and golden grapes into a large blue tub. ...

Pinot grapes tonnage in Western U.S. is down; winery inventories will...

Mail Tribune (Medford, OR);  September 25, 2004 ;     550 words ......to reduce winery inventories down the road. Grapes that flowered and harvested later, on the other...unusually small crop -- particularly the early grapes, says Don Moore, who has grown wine grapes for 15 years in the Rogue Valley and presently...

Deep flavor makes Concord grapes worth the trouble of seeds

Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review;  September 23, 2007 ;     700+ words ...They're the Marlon Brando of grapes: intense, explosive and -- if we're...about the later years -- round. Concord grapes -- their dark blue-purple skins give...makes them a premier talent of American grapes is their rich, distinct, full-bodied...

California Grapes' Longevity Hurt by Spring Cold Snap.(Originated from San...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  August 20, 1997 ;     354 words ...Aug. 20--Plump, juicy Concord grapes will go on sale this week at stands along...he expects to harvest 25 to 30 tons of grapes, down from his normal 80 to 100 tons...crop, but he expects to have plenty of grapes to sell as fresh fruit. Rippelmeyer said...

A BUNCH OF POSSIBILITIES; GRAPES ARE A GREAT SNACK, SALAD FIXING AND...

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  August 10, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Evelyn Clayton Fresh grapes are in plentiful supply and a favorite...lend themselves to many dishes. Frozen grapes make a cool snack for a steamy summer...below for Breakfast Coffee Cake with Grapes and Pecan Streusel, made with green...

Warm Weather Endangers Ice Wine Grapes

AP Online;  December 29, 2006 ;     582 words ......drink cannot be called "ice wine" unless the grapes used to make it are harvested and pressed while...concentrate the natural sweetness and acidity of the grapes, as does the added time the grapes spend on the vine. Grapes for most other wines...