The inventor, Thomas Bramwell Welch, called it Dr. Welch’s Unfermented Wine; the beverage would come to be known simply as Welch’s grape juice. If you’ve ever tasted Concord grapes ...

Concord, a native grape, is very big in the Lake Erie ... concord also has the most acres planted, some for juice and some for wine, followed by riesling and cabernet franc for winemaking!

The first harvest produced “maybe 300 gallons” of mostly Edelweiss juice ... red to a sweet red made with Concord grapes and a sweet white Niagara grape wine with a hint of honeysuckle ...