Made with real fruit juice. Mapping Out the Facts: Concord Grapes: It takes more than 700 family farmers across United States to harvest the 250,000 tons of grapes that Welch’s uses in just one year! The Concord grape is named after its birthplace of Concord, Massachusetts. The founder of Welch’s, Dr. Thomas Welch, processed the first known grape juice in the U.S. in 1869. Did you Know: Concord grapes are actually a type of berry!