The 13,000-square-foot structure includes a domed Palm House with 1,200 pieces of curved glass, as well as an orchid house,
grapery, chrysanthemum house and more.
His winery, Arbor Hill Grapery & Winery in Naples, N.Y., produced a white blend with Traminette as one of the components around 1990.
Caption: John Brahm (pictured above) grows Traminette at his Arbor Hill Grapery & Winery in Naples, N.Y.
Caption: Flowering begins for young Traminette clusters at Arbor Hill Grapery & Winery in Naples, N.Y.
Products such as Cotton Candy, Witch Fingers and Gum Drops, from Shafter, Calif-based
Grapery; Sweet Celebrations; and Hobgoblin Grapes, a fall-themed branding campaign of Pretty Lady Grapes by J.P Dulcich & Sons, in McFarland, Calif, illustrate the branding genius of the table grape industry.
In addition to testing on-site in Geneva, N.Y., they also studied results from other sites, including cooperative field growing efforts by Herman Amberg of Clifton Springs, N.Y., and by John Brahm at Arbor Hill Grapery & Winery in Naples, N.Y.
The second article will profile the experiences of two pioneers with the grape: John Brahm of Arbor Hill Grapery & Winery in Naples, N.Y., and Bill Oliver of Oliver Winery in Bloomington, Ind.
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Grapery's Cotton Candy grapes and Grapple brand apples combining the flavor of Concord grapes with the crispness of a Washington apple are coveted the moment they hit stores.
Brahm, the owner of Arbor Hill
Grapery in nearby South Bristol, joined the winery as assistant vineyard manager in 1964 after graduating from Cornell University.
John Brahm of Arbor Hill
Grapery in New York's Finger Lakes--near Canandaigua Lake, to be exact-was with Widmer's 23 years and now has his own operation which includes wine and sauces.
On a visit to New York State's (wonderful) Finger Lakes in October, we met John Brahm and wife Katie, who operate Arbor Hill
Grapery out of Naples More on the Finger Lakes sojourn later, but for now we're talking about a winter-hardy cross called "Traminette" that smacks of Gewurztraminer.
Arbor Hill
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