Wineries in the Dominican Republic?

[suarezn]

No, he is correct. A tropical climate does not provide the annual cycle of winter dormancy for them to provide quality fruits. They need a warm but dry summer and mild winter and DR just saturates, grapes don't like that.

I don't know enough about it to argue with you about, but again just because The DR is in the tropics doesn't mean the whole country has the same climate. Have you been to Neiba? Obviously the climate is good enough to grow grapes as they they do so and as I understand it is one of the main crops in that area. They are already producing wines and even exporting raw material Uvas de Neyba: Puerta de entrada de Bahoruco al desarrollo so again it doesn't sound that the ability to grow the grapes is the issue.

 

[windeguy]

I don't know enough about it to argue with you about, but again just because The DR is in the tropics doesn't mean the whole country has the same climate. Have you been to Neiba? Obviously the climate is good enough to grow grapes as they they do so and as I understand it is one of the main crops in that area. They are already producing wines and even exporting raw material Uvas de Neyba: Puerta de entrada de Bahoruco al desarrollo so again it doesn't sound that the ability to grow the grapes is the issue.

Yes it is possible to grow grapes here. But the correct climate for good wine grapes is what is in short supply here. Climate is a major factor as to why certain parts of the world produce good wines.

 

[Givadogahome]

Exactly as he said, you can grow grapes, but poor quality, it is simply not a good climate for this type of fruit. It is always wet, even if up in the hills where the temps get down, it is always wet. This fruit likes relatively consistent weather and not so much saturation, and the DR does not provide that ANYWHERE!

 

[Tom F.]

There are also other types of "wines" being produced in the DR. There are two women cooperatives who make chocolate paste and also make a pretty good cacao wine. It is a lot like a port. Another group of women in Palmar Grande near Altamira, make cacao wine and another dozen flavors using various fruits. There is another group near Hato Mayor and I am sure they also make cacao wine. I bought one of each in Palmar Grande (Chocal) and my sister-in-law and I liked the mandarin orange and mango varieties. After talking to people in the campo, you may be surprised how many have their own little stash fermenting someone in the back.

 

[Taino808]

I'm no expert, but I always thought that the "San Jose de las Matas" reagen, was a pretty good place for growing grapes.

 

[windeguy]

I'm no expert, but I always thought that the "San Jose de las Matas" reagen, was a pretty good place for growing grapes.

Grapes are one thing. Grapes that make good wines are quite another. That is the point I am trying to make.