Cupid’s Arrow Grape Skewers
If grapes are “fruit of the gods” they are most certainly suitable for Valentine’s day! Cupid’s arrow takes on a whole new meaning with these romantic fruit kebabs.
Sweet Inspiration for Valentine’s Day
Make your Valentine swoon with these three chocolate dipped, drizzled and skewered confections!
INFOGRAPHIC: The Benefits Of Green Grapes
Check out this handy infographic about the many, many health benefits of green grapes! Download one for yourself, your classroom, and even your nutrition reminder at the office. Just click HERE to get yours.
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Cranberry-Grape Relish
Add a fresh & zesty side dish to your Thanksgiving dinner with this cranberry-grape relish. Goes well with roast pork, turkey or ham.
Ingredients
2 cups California red seedless grapes, picked from stem and rinsed
1 12-oz. package cranberries, fresh or frozen
1 orange, juiced and zested
1/2 cup sugar
Directions
Place all ingredients in heavy saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium and cook stirring occasionally for 10 minutes until thick and shiny.
Let cool thoroughly, then store in airtight container in refrigerator for up to one week.
Servings
3 cups
Happy Thanksgiving, from all of us at Jasmine Vineyards!
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California Grape Avocado Salad
Hopefully, you’ve saved some of those pumpkin seeds from your Jack-O-Lantern as you’ll definitely want to try this salad for your lunch this week!
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Spooky Grape News – Stolen Vineyards
Talk about Grapes of Wrath! There are thieves at work around the world and their quarry?
Not gold, not silver, not even art. No – thieves are stealing ENTIRE vineyards!
In Virginia this year, David Dunkenberger who works a full time job to support his dream of owning a vineyard, walked out to a scene of horror – his prized vineyard was gone! Two and a half tons of his grapes had been harvested in the middle of the night.
What normally would take his team of six to eight people about six hours to pick just one variety of grapes he grows, the thieves were able to disappear with their grapes of six varieties over night! The value of the missing fruit is estimated to be over $50,000.
And across the pond, another owner in Germany faced the same unthinkable fate for his vineyard. Just on the outskirts of a little village, Deidesheim, in the middle of the night, a harvesting machine came in and took about $10,000 worth of the delish bounty.
In both of these recent cases, and in others in the past, rival grape growers are the key suspects for law enforcement. Who would think that sour grapes would cause a bunch of these robberies!
Spooky news, indeed…
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