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Grape juice concentrate for wine making can be a convenient and affordable option for home winemakers, offering several advantages:
Grapes are a fruit or berry, which grows on the deciduous woody vines of the flowering plant genus Vitis.
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Here are some factors to consider when using grape juice concentrate:
Remember, using grape juice concentrate is a valid approach to home wine-making, but it's essential to manage expectations and consider the potential limitations compared to fresh grapes. You can still produce delicious and enjoyable wines from concentrate with careful selection, preparation, and practice.
By crushing and pulping grapes into a liquid grape juice is obtained. The fluid is often sold in packets or bottles in supermarkets, or it is fermented and made into wine, brandy, or vinegar. Grape juice can also be pasteurised, which will remove any naturally occurring yeast, the resulting liquid will not ferment if kept sterile, and therefore contains no alcohol. When making wine, grape juice that contains 7–23% of pulp, skins, stems and seeds is referred to as "must".