Vitis vinifera Ampelia Candin - Grape vine
Vitis vinifera Ampelia Candin - Grape vine
Vitis vinifera Ampelia Candin®
Common Grape Vine, European Grape, Wine Grape
Follow-up to my autumn 2024 review: It has thrived well in my sandy soil in the southeast (Var). Despite its young age, it withstands drought perfectly. It produced two small clusters in early August: very delicate taste, thin and crisp skin, nicely sweet. No diseases so far, despite a rather cold and rainy spring.
laurence, 12/08/2025
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The 'Ampelia Candin' vine is a variety of medium vigour, quite fertile. It produces medium to large, fairly compact clusters. The berries are spherical, the skin is moderately thick, a beautiful golden yellow, very pruinose, giving it an opaque appearance. The pulp is juicy, with a fairly pronounced muscat flavour, very pleasant. The 'Ampelia Candin vine' is quite resistant to diseases. It is perfect for amateur gardens.
The wine grape vine (Vitis vinifera) grew wild over 5000 years ago. Its introduction to France for cultivation was done by the Romans. Numerous hybrids have been created to vary colours, flavours, and uses. The 'Ampelia Candin' vine is a white table grape, an interspecific hybrid of the vitis genus, created by INRA Bordeaux. It resulted from a cross-breeding: 7489 INRA Bdx (direct white producer hybrid) x Muscat de Hambourg. It was obtained in 1981.
A vigorous climbing shrub, the 'Ampelia Candin' vine reaches up to 5 m (16ft). It is easy to train. Its final shape will depend on the pruning practised. Due to its semi-erect habit, it is preferable to train it on wire and trellis it well. Moderate long pruning is recommended. It likes sunny situations. Quite resistant to diseases, this variety is well adapted to amateur gardens due to the almost absence of treatments it requires.
Its foliage, deeply cut, is a deep green in summer and turns the most beautiful gold in autumn. Its flowering in clusters occurs in May, offering very small white-pink flowers. Its table grapes, in medium clusters, ripen in October, depending on the regions. The berries are spherical, the skin is moderately thick, a beautiful golden yellow, very pruinose, giving it an opaque appearance. The pulp is juicy, with a fairly pronounced muscat flavor, very pleasant.
Grapes are consumed as table fruit, fresh, but also in jam, jelly, fruit juice, pastries, and of course, after vinification, as wine.
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Planting and care
Since the ravages of phylloxera in the late 19th century, the vine is obligatorily grafted onto different resistant rootstocks adapted to various types of soil. These rootstocks come from American varieties. Plant the 'Ampelia Candin' vine in autumn, in a deep, well-drained, even rocky, arid, poor and chalky soil, in a sunny location sheltered from strong winds. Incorporate 3 or 4 handfuls of fertiliser for fruit trees and 2 kg of composted manure for each vine-plant into the planting soil. The roots should not come into contact with the manure. After planting, prune above 2 large buds to obtain the growth of two branches. Keep the most vigorous one and tie it to a stake. This will be followed by training pruning.
The vine does not require regular fertilisation for good yield, quite the opposite. Enrich the soil with potash slag, crushed horn or iron chelate, only every 2-3 years.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to regions in USDA Zone 9a (East Coast and Midlands: Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny, Portlaoise). It will vary depending on where you live:
- On the west coast and in the north-west (Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Donegal, Westport), delay planting by 1 to 2 weeks in spring and bring it forward by 1 to 2 weeks in autumn compared to the dates given, preferably choosing periods without strong winds.
- In the inland hills and plateaus (Wicklow Mountains, Macgillycuddy’s Reeks, Connemara, Killarney), it is best to plant in spring (April–May) or autumn (September–October), avoiding periods of waterlogged soil in winter and strong winds, which pose the main risk to newly planted trees in these areas.
The flowering period indicated on our website applies to regions in USDA Zone 9a, such as the East Coast and Midlands, including Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny and Portlaoise.
This will vary depending on where you live:
- On the west coast and in the northwest (Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Donegal and Westport), it will be delayed by one to two weeks compared to the given dates, due to stronger Atlantic winds and less spring sunshine.
- In the inland hills and plateaus (the Wicklow Mountains, the Macgillycuddy's Reeks, Connemara and Killarney), flowering will be delayed by two to three weeks. Flowering mainly occurs between May and July, with the limiting factors being less frost and more of the excessive humidity, strong winds and lack of sunshine that are characteristic of these areas.
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