| As one of the most historically significant | | | | Grapes are grown in almost every country in the |
| beverages in the world, wine holds a special place | | | | world, with the soil itself impacting the flavor of |
| in the hearts of many people. For a select few, | | | | the resultant wine as well. Not every person that |
| the ancient art form of wine making can take | | | | attempts to try their hand at wine making will |
| their appreciation and love of the liquid to a whole | | | | have the facilities to grow their own grapes, but it |
| otherlevel, resulting in amazing and delicious results. | | | | is OK, for grapes are typically available in fairly |
| Though there have been many scientific advances | | | | abundant supply. Wine grapes differ from the |
| in winemaking, that havebeen adopted by larger | | | | grapes that you typically see in a grocery store |
| vintners that produce vast quantities of wine | | | | though, so don't plan to buy a bunch from the |
| every year, the basicprocess of making wine has | | | | fruit aisle, bring them home and whip up a bottle |
| remained largely unchanged for the last nine | | | | of chardonnay. Wines are named for the grapes |
| thousand or so years. | | | | from which they are made, and it is pretty rare |
| The first, and to many people the most important | | | | that you see a bottle of "white seedless". |
| step in wine making is in choosing your grapes. | | | | Once you have selected and obtained your |
| Although wine can be made by fermenting other | | | | grapes, there are some simple pieces of |
| types of fruit and even some vegetables, most | | | | equipment that you can purchase, which will make |
| people are more familiar with and tend to focus in | | | | the wine making process a bit smoother and |
| more on wine made from grapes. There are | | | | more successful. Though the basic process has |
| many different types of grapes around the world. | | | | remained unchanged, there has been a lot learned |
| Like apples which can range in flavor from green | | | | since 6000BC, which has greatly improved the |
| and extremely tart to bright red and sugary | | | | taste and success of making wine. While you don't |
| sweet, there is a wide range of sweetness and | | | | necessary need to buy the more expensive and |
| color in grapes. The grapes that you use will | | | | elaborate equipment in order to make wine, there |
| determine the character of the wine that you | | | | is also no reason to turn back the process by |
| produce. | | | | thousands of years. |
| Wine grapes | | | | |