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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

How long had the samples been picked before the tasting?  Muscat is a rather ephemeral quality.  If the fruit has been off the vine more than a few hours and especially if it's cold, the muscat flavor will be reduced quite a bit.  Muscats are best eaten warm right off the  vine.  The list is almost exactly what I'd expect if the grapes were stored before the tasting.  The ones that change the least are up near the top.
-Lon Rombough
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On May 22, 2009, at 6:21 AM, Scott Smith wrote:

There is a grape tasting in the recent CRFG newsletter and I was surprised to see both NY Muscat and Muscat Hamburg near the bottom (Muscat Hamburg was at the bottom in fact).  What I think this says is these dark-skinned muscat grapes do not fit the mold of what most people think is a grape these days.  Jupiter was not in the tasting but my guess is it would have done better due to greater firmness and less muscat flavor, but it still would not have been near the top.  I had been recommending muscat grapes to people since they are my favorites, but these ratings made be pause a bit on that.

Scott

PS here are the actual ratings if anyone is curious:

 1 Red Flame 
 2 Fantasy 
 3 Reliance 
 4 Suffolk Red 
 5 Interlaken 
 6 Himrod 
 7 Venus
 8 Muscat St. Vallier 
 9 Golden Muscat 
 10 Cardinal 
 11 Marquis 
 12 Captivator 
 13 Jefferson 
 14 Brilliant 
 15 Buffalo 
 16 Iona 
 17 Alden 
 18 NY Muscat 
 19 Mars 
 20 Herbert 
 21 Muscat Hamburg


> Jupiter is firmer, and the vines are more productive than NY Muscat, 
> but NY Muscat has more muscat flavor.
> -Lon Rombough

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