Traditionally, most commercially produced Concord wines have been finished sweet, but dry versions are possible if adequate fruit ripeness is achieved.

A notable dry version comes from Penn Shore Winery & Vineyards in Lake Erie AVA in Pennsylvania.

The skin of a Concord grape is typically dark blue or purple and often is covered with a glaucous epicuticular wax "bloom" that can be rubbed off.

The oldest sacramental winery in America, O-Neh-Da Vineyard, still produces a Concord wine for the altar.

[9] Bull planted seeds from wild Vitis labrusca and evaluated over 22,000 seedlings before finding what he considered the ideal Concord grape.

[9] Genetic testing confirmed that Concord grape has roughly one-third Vitis vinifera parentage.