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Whether you are a long-time wine lover or new to enjoying wine, you may be interested in a deeper dive into how wine is made. Our four-part series will cover the basics of wine grapes and how they are grown, how red wines are made, how white wines are made, and even how you can play around with making wine yourself at home.
First, let’s cover some grape basics.
There are just over 10,000 different grape varieties on earth. This includes table grapes for snacking, raisins, and our well-loved winemaking grapes. You may be surprised to hear that 33 of these are found in 50% of the vineyards around the world. If you’d like to learn more about specific grapes and the characteristics of wines made from each grape, look for the book Wine Grapes by Jancis Robinson. In this publication, she reviews 1,368 different grapes from super common to very obscure varieties.
The world’s most planted wine grape is Cabernet Sauvignon. This grape is an example of a variety that has red or purple skin and is used for making red wines. All grapes are green when they first form
This Article was originally published on Texas Wine Lover
