posted 11 years ago
Fruit and raisin grapes can take a little hotter climate (like you have in Sacramento) than wine grapes do. They grow fruit and raisin grapes in Fresno and the Coachella valley, but wine grapes are found along the coast, where they have the cooling influence of the fogs. I would suggest planting the fruit and raisin types in the full sun areas of your garden and putting the wine grapes in a more protected area, maybe an area that only gets half a day of sun. As Dawn noted, they are not likely to cross, so microclimate is going to be a more important consideration.