Bought 48 of these to begin the Vinyard. They all came well packaged and labeled in disposable coffee cups (nothing wrong with that). From root to tip they're about 9 inches tall, they look like sticks at first but planted them and they're now starting to sprout leaves.
I was ready to give up on this bare root, it took a long time and the initial bit never came back to life. I left it in the pot, and a new grape vine sprouted out and is doing well. The Marquette Grape bare root came to life much quicker, even though that one took some time too. Don't give up on bare roots, they can just take a real long time to get growing.