THE WHERE
The muscadine grape is natural to South Carolina. Cultivated variants of the wild muscadine are grown in many of the State's commercial vineyards - one being in Bamberg County in the City of Denmark.
OTHER POINTS
South Carolina growers can produce about 8 tons per acre of muscadine grapes annually.
Muscadines still grow wild throughout the state.
Wild and cultivated muscadine grapes are found in personal yards and gardens throughout Denmark.
Freeman's Vineyard is the only commercial vineyard in Bamberg County.
June 15, 2021
Muscadine vines growing wild along the South Fork of the Edisto River (Bamberg County).
Photo Creds: L.G. Bell, Lianna Maule, and George Reeves
The SC Upper Lowcountry Muscadine Festival is a Folklife festival partially funded by the Folklife grant of the SC Arts Commission
