“Here’s the thing: vinifera grapes don’t grow here [in the South],” says Cary Cox, owner of Tsali Notch Vineyard in Madisonville, Tennessee, who makes both sweet and dry muscadine wines ...

Pickled Muscadines. Seeding the grapes is a bit tedious, but worth it. The seeds are often quite large and there are two seeds per grape. The trick is to halve the grapes vertically with a paring ...

There's problem, though. Many people have a hard time getting past the thick skin and bitter seeds of the muscadine. Not totally unexpected for a fruit that takes its name from the smell of a male ...

Once we pick the muscadines off the vine, there's a process of kind of separating the pulp from the skins, because there's a seed inside that muscadine grape, so we've got to kind of get that out.

Dr. Lelia Kelly shows how to understand seed catalogs, and Mr. D. talks about grapes and muscadines. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, retired Mississippi State University ...

Muscadines grow in tight bunches on woody vines and have gorgeous shimmery red-black and golden-bronzed skins. While the tannic skin is entirely edible, ...

Most muscadine plants will grow about 12 inches the first year. They should reach the trellis wire by the third year. Muscadines are typically grown on a high wire cordon trellis.

Muscadines are a species of grapevine native to the South that thrives in hot and humid climates. Their unique texture and flavor, along with their large, uncouth seeds, have prevented them from ...

In addition to the wines, Old South makes muscadine jelly and a nutritional supplement called New-U made from muscadine seeds and skins, which are loaded with antioxidants and other health benefits.

So, if you see fresh muscadine grapes in stores, buying it will help local growers stay in business and grow the industry. For more information, call the Marion County Extension office at 671-8400 ...

Like other types of grapes, eating muscadine, Concord, or scuppernong seeds is a matter of preference. Some of these varieties have rather large seeds, so pitting them or spitting them out with ...