What is the Process of Winemaking?
The process of making wine from grapes, also called vinification or winemaking, has been around for many thousands of years. Winemaking is a process roughly as old as the brewing of beer or the baking of bread. In the modern world, winemaking supports many economies, such as those of Australia and New Zealand, Chile and Argentina, France, Spain, Italy, and the USA – especially California. A person who participates in winemaking is called a winemaker. A producer or merchant of wine is called a vinter, and may play little part in the actual “dirty work” of processing grapes into wine.
The process of making wine from grapes, also called vinification or winemaking, has been around for many thousands of years. Winemaking is a process roughly as old as the brewing of beer or the baking of bread. In the modern world, winemaking supports many economies, such as those of Australia and New Zealand, Chile and Argentina, France, Spain, Italy, and the USA – especially California. A person who participates in winemaking is called a winemaker. A producer or merchant of wine is called a vinter, and may play little part in the actual “dirty work” of processing grapes into wine. The process of winemaking begins with the grapes. Wine grapes are varieties of the species Vitis vinifera, slightly smaller than grapes sold in the supermarket and covered in a beautiful dark purple skin. These grapes prefer warm days and cool nights, and certainly do not grow effectively anywhere in the world. They must be located relatively close to the equator, but not too close. For red wine, grapes are
