Description
With their deep color and sweet, juicy flavor, black grapes are perfect for snacking, adding to cheese boards, making salads, or crafting flavorful desserts. Available in our Local Farm Shop in Bellaghy, Mid Ulster Area.
🍇 Black Grapes: A Juicy Overview
Black grapes are a variety of Vitis vinifera known for their deep purple to nearly black skin and sweet, muscat-like flavor. They’re prized for both their taste and health benefits, and come in seeded and seedless types.
🌟 Appearance & Taste
- Shape: Round to slightly oval
- Skin: Deep purple to black, often with a waxy bloom
- Flesh: Translucent, tender, and juicy
- Flavor: Sweet, grapey, sometimes with hints of spice or berry
🧬 Nutritional Highlights
- Rich in vitamins A, C, and K
- Contains resveratrol, a powerful antioxidant
- Offers flavonoids that support heart health and reduce inflammation
🍽️ Culinary Uses
- Eaten fresh as a snack or in salads
- Pressed into juice or dried into raisins
- Roasted, baked into pies, or made into jams and sauces
- Pairs well with cheese, nuts, herbs like rosemary and mint, and even meats
🧪 Popular Varieties
| Variety | Type | Notable Traits |
|---|---|---|
| Black Monukka | Seedless | Great for raisins, crisp skin |
| Autumn Royal | Seedless | Extra-large berries, muscat flavor |
| Midnight Beauty | Seedless | Mild sweetness, deep red undertones |
| Sweet Sapphire | Seedless | Unusual tubular shape, very sweet |
| Black Globe | Seeded | Juicy, aromatic, great for wine & jelly |
🌱 Fun Fact
Black grapes have been cultivated for over 6,000 years, with origins tracing back to regions near the Black and Caucasus Seas
