Catawba is a red American
grape variety used for
wine as well as
juice,
jams and
jellies. The grape can have a pronounced musky or "
foxy" flavor. Grown predominantly on the East Coast of the United States, this purplish-red grape is a likely cross of the native American
Vitis labrusca and
Vitis vinifera. Its exact origins and parentage are unclear but it seems to have originated somewhere on the East coast from the
Carolinas to
Maryland.