One of the biggest questions we get here at Flickerwood Winery and Flickerwood Wine Cellars Tasting Room in Kennett Square is..

“What is a french Hybrid?”  Well the proper term is, French American Hybrid.The French American Hybrid are unique vines created that are tough enough for colder climates.

These grapes were grafted in an attempt to develop a vine resistant to the grape root Phylloxera Louse, which ravished most of the European vineyards during the later 19^th century. The French Vinifera vines well known for high quality wines were bread with the disease resistant ripara and other species of American vines. 

Some of the hybrids we sell almost have a cult like following. These French American hybrid wines are Chambourcin, Leon Millot, DeChaunac, Seyval Blanc, Marechal Foch, Vidal Blanc and Vignoles. Hybrid grapes are also used in blends, like the Baco Noir grape found in our Sweet Angel Red.

The most popular hybrid's we sell are ALL THE WHITES, I can't pick one. In the red variety. Marechal Foch and DeChaunac are the popular ones.

We are currently in the process of bottling the 2011 DeChaunac, which is the biggest seller in our store in Kennett Square. 2011 vintage of Leon Millot is a good year.

 We are currently in the process of either setting up the barrels, bottling or putting on our shelves the 2011 vintage. So far it’s been a great year, try out the new wines. The favorite wine in our Kennett Square location is the DeChaunac, we know a lot of people are waiting for the new vintage, we are getting ready to bottle next week.