grapes

     

A grape is the non-climacteric fruit that grows on the perennial an deciduous woody vines of the genus Vitis. Grapes can be eaten raw or used for making jam, juice, jelly, vinegar, wine, grape seed extracts and grape seed oil.

Trivia about grapes

  • The Norse were impressed by these in North America, but they weren't grown profitably in North America until around 1850
  • Unusually, the Palomino type of this, from which sherry is made, is also tasty to eat
  • When you step on these, they let out a little "wine"
  • By French law, no drink may be sold as wine that is not exclusively made from these
  • Syrians enjoy a drink called Arak, a strong liquor made from anise & this vined fruit
  • Fruit grown in a vineyard
  • Botanists believe this fruit, Vitis vinifera, originated in the area of the Caspian Sea
  • I heard it through some kind of vine that 2440 B.C. Egyptian tomb paintings depict the cultivation of this fruit
  • This fruit is divided into wine & table groups
  • Peru's national drink is pisco sour, a blend of lime juice, syrup, bitters & a heady brandy made from this vine fruit
  • Currents & sultanas are produced by drying this fruit
  • Tokay or Emperor ones of these have about 40 calories; 10 Thompson seedless ones, about 35
  • Fresno, California has this fruit on its seal, but none is dried
  • In Latin, "uva" is a bunch of these, whether green or purple, seeded or seedless
  • Legend says that ancient Greek Zeuxis painted a bunch of these so realistically, birds tried to eat them
  • Flame Seedless & Red Globe
  • Red Globe,Champagne
  • The Concord type of this is used to make jam & juice
  • In Latin, uva is a bunch of these, whether green or purple, seeded or seedless
  • Riesling, syrah
  • Fox can't reach these, decides they are sour
  • Of the "Lucy's Italian Movie" episode, Lucy said that "stepping on" these "was like stepping on eyeballs"
  • Niagara, Italia Muscat & Perlette seedless are green types of this fruit
  • Appropriately, Bacchus is often depicted in art holding this fruit
  • Cardinal,Catawba,Concord
  • Native to Umbria, the Sangiovese variety of these is grown to produce a popular Italian export
  • Lodi's annual September festival for this fruit features great stomps
  • Ribier & Thompson Seedless are among the bestselling kinds of these
  • We don't know what Noah did before the flood, but afterward he grew these
  • Mitch Hedberg: "I saw a wino eating" these fruit items. "I was like, dude, you have to wait"
  • Types of these include sultana, muscadine & catawba