It REALLY does pay to grow your own Grapes

[quark1]

Spotted this in the Mail today....

Bunch of 'rare' grapes sells for £465 in Japanese fruit auction | Mail Online

Nice little earner for the vineyard - boy they'd better be good!

Also this incredible plant

Pictured: The rare plant that towers over owner's house after Britain's barmy weather causes it to grow 25ft in 'a few weeks' | Mail Online

Must be something in the water - or too much of it.

[bluemoon]

Fantastic. I've always wanted a vine or three, this might be just what it takes to persuade OH that it's worth having a go, even in sunny Yorkshire.

[Seahorse]

S*d the grapevines, I'm going for homebrew Tequila

[JanieB]

According to other threads there are at least three others growing their own grapes .

[Headfry]

I want to get into growing vines on my plot. We have one at the house and made six and a bit bottles of wine from it......very, very yummy hic
It's my plan for '09, not sure how many vines I will get, maybe six or eight- I don't want to many. It is a windy site so I am a little worried, but it is free draining and on the side of a hill, it gets baked in the sun, if you can remember what that is....? yellow orb in the sky I seem to recall.