We have been getting a few calls from people asking about the vineyard. So far, everything is looking good as you can see from the photos below. A lot of grapes are still green and red but are getting darker every day. But even the dark ones are not very sweet yet, so waiting until August 24th will work out well. I’m working to get the vineyard ready by mowing the grass, triming branches, week whacking and irrigating the vines when it doesn’t rain. Lot’s of work to do!!!

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Greetings from Don and Ermida Loftus. We are a small vineyard north of Gainesville, FL specializing in dark Muscadine grapes and dedicated to U-Pick. Our main fresh fruit grape is the Supreme, a very large, thin skinned, very sweet grape. The other grapes we grow are the Ison ( a self pollinating variety that produces a very sweet, slightly smaller berry that ripens early in the season) and Delicious (developed by UF to be a very sweet, smoother tasting grape). These last two varieties pollinate the Supreme vines which are female plants. I have an article about the Delicious variety on the “Links” page.

It turns out that Muscadine grapes have many health benefits and they taste good too. I have listed some of the articles on the Links page. Take a look and you just might want to eat a few more grapes.

Don Loftus
Loftus Family Farm