400kg of grapes off 3 plants at 51N this year…

[UK_Palms]

This year has been insane for my grape vines. I only have 3 vines at my allotment, which is right out in the countryside with no UHI and exposed to colder nights. Yet the production has been ridiculous this year and I haven’t done anything. No feeding or maintenance. I haven’t even tied them up or supported the vines with many of them just trailing along the ground. All I do is cut the stems back in December and then I harvest the grapes in August/September. One of the white grape plants is gigantic as well with about 20 arm sized clusters of grapes.

The photos below show 2 of my 4 harvests this season…

 

I harvested most of the purple ones early as I was scared that somebody would steal them at my allotment, which happened last year while I was away on holiday/vacation.

 

These ones are fully 100% ripe and the best tasting grape that I have ever had in my entire life!

 

Again I only have 3 plants and they have only been in the ground since 2021-22. They aren’t big branched things trailing along a wall or building like some of the ones you see. These are just 3 smallish individual plants out in the open at my allotment.

It has been a phenomenal year.

[Ben G.]

3 hours ago, UK_Palms said:

This year has been insane for my grape vines. I only have 3 vines at my allotment, which is right out in the countryside with no UHI and exposed to colder nights. Yet the production has been ridiculous this year and I haven’t done anything. No feeding or maintenance. I haven’t even tied them up or supported the vines with many of them just trailing along the ground. All I do is cut the stems back in December and then I harvest the grapes in August/September. One of the white grape plants is gigantic as well with about 20 arm sized clusters of grapes.

The photos below show 2 of my 4 harvests this season…

 

I harvested most of the purple ones early as I was scared that somebody would steal them at my allotment, which happened last year while I was away on holiday/vacation.

 

These ones are fully 100% ripe and the best tasting grape that I have ever had in my entire life!

 

Again I only have 3 plants and they have only been in the ground since 2021-22. They aren’t big branched things trailing along a wall or building like some of the ones you see. These are just 3 smallish individual plants out in the open at my allotment.

It has been a phenomenal year.

That is awesome production! I had three grapevines at my previous home in Oklahoma. I loved harvesting my own grapes, but I never came close to that much production in a season though. Congratulations.

[happypalms]

Good score, start your press up and get a bottling. 

[Mazat]

15 hours ago, happypalms said:

Good score, start your press up and get a bottling. 

Yes, definitely, it's really worth it.

[Mazat]

19 hours ago, UK_Palms said:

This year has been insane for my grape vines. I only have 3 vines at my allotment, which is right out in the countryside with no UHI and exposed to colder nights. Yet the production has been ridiculous this year and I haven’t done anything. No feeding or maintenance. I haven’t even tied them up or supported the vines with many of them just trailing along the ground. All I do is cut the stems back in December and then I harvest the grapes in August/September. One of the white grape plants is gigantic as well with about 20 arm sized clusters of grapes.

The photos below show 2 of my 4 harvests this season…

 

I harvested most of the purple ones early as I was scared that somebody would steal them at my allotment, which happened last year while I was away on holiday/vacation.

 

These ones are fully 100% ripe and the best tasting grape that I have ever had in my entire life!

 

Again I only have 3 plants and they have only been in the ground since 2021-22. They aren’t big branched things trailing along a wall or building like some of the ones you see. These are just 3 smallish individual plants out in the open at my allotment.

It has been a phenomenal year.

Great, Ben. And that yield with such young plants. We're very happy for you 🤗

At the same time, we also harvested on Saturday at my in-laws' place near St. Gallen, 620 m above sea level / 2034.12 ft.
They still have one plant cutting from their father's main plant from 1950. It grows around the pergola and produces great results, even though the climate there is much cooler than where we live.
Here are a few impressions. The handsome 🤭 young man is me, of course, doing all the work myself 😁— no, of course not.

This yielded a total of around 27 liters of grape juice and 
6 liters of Sauser.
(Sauser is produced when freshly pressed grape juice (also known as must) begins to ferment. Unlike fully fermented wine, the fermentation process is stopped early. The resulting drink has a low alcohol content and is rich in carbon dioxide.)

[Hu Palmeras]

On 7/9/2025 at 20:15, UK_Palms said:

Este año ha sido una locura para mis vides. Solo tengo tres en mi huerto, que está en pleno campo, sin UHI y expuesto a noches más frías. Sin embargo, la producción ha sido desorbitada este año y no he hecho nada. Ni abono ni mantenimiento. Ni siquiera las he atado ni sujetado, y muchas de ellas simplemente se arrastran por el suelo. Lo único que hago es podar los tallos en diciembre y luego vendo las uvas en agosto/septiembre. Una de las plantas de uva blanca también es gigantesca, con unos racimos del tamaño de un brazo.

Las fotos a continuación muestran 2 de mis 4 cosechas de esta temporada…

 

Coseché la mayoría de las moradas temprano porque tenía miedo de que alguien las robara en mi huerto, lo que sucedió el año pasado mientras estaba de vacaciones.

 

¡Éstas están completamente maduras y son las uvas más sabrosas que he probado en toda mi vida!

 

De nuevo, solo tengo tres plantas y llevan en la tierra desde 2021-22. No son plantas grandes y ramificadas que se arrastran por una pared o un edificio como algunas de las que ven. Son solo tres plantas pequeñas individuales al descubierto en mi huerto.

Ha sido un año fenomenal.

Friend, where did you get those wonderful grapes? You'll have a great blessing in your home with those grapes. Congratulations.