Wine Grapes for Challenging Climates Plocher Vines is a small business dedicated to the invention and introduction of new wine grapes that meet the needs of grape and wine producers for grapes that resist the challenges of climate change.
Owner, Tom Plocher, has been involved in viticulture since 1980. He has been developing new grape varieties for 25 years at his vineyard in Minnesota. Hardiness to extreme mid-winter temperatures and spring frost resistance, combined with great wine quality, remain the stalwarts of Plocher Vines’ grape breeding program. However, over the past decade, our vision for grape breeding has expanded to include solutions to climate challenges such as bud injury from extreme transition season temperatures and berry splitting during extreme late season rainfall. Our grape varieties are developed in Minnesota, but are growing successfully all around the U.S. and Canada. Contact Plocher Vines or one of our partner nurseries to assist you in identifying Plocher-Vines varieties that meet your needs in these times of a challenging, changing climate. |
A cluster of T.P. 1-1-12 with four wings.
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Plocher Vines grape varieties are grown commercially in 25 states in the U.S. and three provinces in Canada. Commercial producers choose these varieties because they combine great wine quality with:
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Working with Producers
Cote de Champlain Winery
Christian DuBois, one of the first commercial producers of wine from T.P. 1-1-12, shows off his T.P. 1-1-12 grapes.
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Bear Creek WineryTom with Sean Ballinger in a new Crimson Pearl vineyard in Fargo.
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Producers from ChinaPlocher Vines cold hardy grapes have been of great interest to Chinese visitors. Click on the image to download a Plocher Vines brochure in Chinese.
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