![University of Georgia Cooperative Extension viticulture specialist goes over the basics of starting a muscadine vineyard at a muscadine workshop in Athens on July 9, 2019.](https://secure.caes.uga.edu/news/multimedia/images/4443/muscadineworkshopclassroomSMALL.jpeg)
Muscadine growers urge people not to dismiss Georgia’s native grapes
Many people dream of retiring from their day jobs and buying a wine vineyard. But those rolling hills and endless bottles of wine don’t come easy — cultivating European, or vinifera, wine grapes is hard work.