Vineyards that grow the grape, which was developed in the U.S., stretch from Western New York across Pennsylvania and into Ohio and Michigan as well as Washington state.

[4] The traditional recipe, using Concord grapes,[5] is said to taste like wine due to the inclusion of tannins.

The grape pie is part of the traditional cuisine of German immigrants to the region.

This tradition is represented at Old Economy, home of a group of communal German immigrants founded in 1824.

[6] The pie-making is a "very long process" and includes "skinning the grape, cooking the pulp and separating out the seeds.