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[–] 15 points 5 months ago

Thank you for your service, grapes.

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  • [–] 12 points 5 months ago (7 children)

    Not surprising, I'd guess a wine bottle can hold about 200 whole grapes of the varieties that are grown for wine which iirc are smaller sized grapes.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    As wine yes, but as an eating grape definitely not

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    I disagree. I've got a Sauvignon Blanc vine that makes the tastiest grapes I've ever had. Sure, they are small and full of seeds, but they are way above table grapes for flavour

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Huh interesting, that's different from what I've tasted and read in articles, but it's entirely possible that your particular variety is superior

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago* (2 children)

    I was very surprised when eating it. Like you, I've read articles about wine grapes and I was expecting it to be bad.

    I've taken cuttings off this vine, so maybe at some point I can get enough to make wine. Maybe the wine will be incredibly poor flavour.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    How hard is it to grow grapes? Seems like itd be fun

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    Pretty easy if you get a type appropriate to your climate. They take a bit of work in the sense of pruning and training. It isn't difficult, but it needs to be done correctly to get the plant to fruit.

    If you like gardening than it is fun.

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  • [–] 12 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Is that a lot? Wine grapes are small and have seeds

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    While we're on the subject im just going to Leave this here for some of today's Lucky 10,000

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  • [–] 18 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    I can only assume that smashing testicles led you thinking of stomping grapes.

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  • Oh damn, i got confused here because in french "grappe" is the word for "grape cluster" so at first i was thinking it needed hundred of clusters for one bottle, and wine seemed very very wasteful to me for one moment

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    I would enjoy those grapes better one at a time. Unless they are really sour.

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  • [–] 13 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Generally grapes used to make wine are not really great to eat.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago*

    Sure are. What are you talking about?

    ...supermarkets usually have the breeds with berries larger than a thumb (and imo too sweet), because they keep longer. Maybe you're only used to them? But those are not typical grapes.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (7 children)

    Grapes don't keep well, wine does. Why do you think people started making wine and e.g. cider? Great way to preserve fruit juice.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    So what do you have against wine? It's not ikke butter is a waste of milk, it's a refined product. Same with wine.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    Look up the environmental ravages of the wine industry. You’re all fucking the planet for rotten juice.

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  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago

    Is that two or three bottles of berries worth?

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