Grapes are grown in most states and can be purchased fresh from a wine grape vendor. However, you will most likely have to go pick them up yourself. Grapes can be shipped frozen as juice or precrushed as must, but not many vendors supply grapes this way. Wine can also be made from grape juice concentrate and from fresh fruits such as apricots, blackberries and peaches.
Instructions
1. Use cabernet sauvignon if you want to produce a hearty, pleasant and bold red wine. Its peak flavor is attained after one to three years of aging in the cask and four years in the bottle.
2. Use pinot noir blended with petite sirah to attain a rich and complex red wine. Allow it to age for three to six years.
3. Use chenin blanc to make a fruity and sweet white wine. It does not age well, so drink it within one or two years.
4. Choose among cabernet sauvignon, gamay beaujolais, merlot, pinot noir, petite sirah and zinfandel to produce a fine red wine of rich quality.
5. Choose among chardonnay, pinot blanc, sauvignon blanc, semillon and white riesling to produce a fine white wine of high quality.
6. When buying red grape juice concentrate, be sure it is blue-red in color. If it's brown, don't purchase it.
7. When buying white grape juice concentrate, be sure it is very pale gold in color.
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