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The Anatomy of a Grape

Knowing and understanding grapes is absolutely essential to making good wine. After all these little berries are what it all starts with right?

By their very nature grapes are the perfect winemaking fruit. No other fruit contains the perfect amounts of sugar, acidity, and phenolic compounds to create such an amazing beverage. Any other fruit requires additional sugar or other ingredients to even produce alcohol.

Let’s get to know our little friend a little bit better. Shall we? Continue reading “The Anatomy of a Grape”

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Crushing and Destemming Grapes

As you well know, grape juice comes from grapes. Extracting that juice is therefore the very first step in making wine from fresh grapes.

Not to be confused with pressing grapes the crushing of grapes merely breaks open with skin allowing the “free run” juice to pour fourth.  Pressing on the other hand is where you flatten the things to get out as much juice (or wine in the case of reds) as you can. Continue reading “Crushing and Destemming Grapes”