How many grapes are in a bottle of wine?

How many bottles do you get from a vine? How many bunches of grapes are in a bottle of wine? There are many variables that go into winemaking, but to win the bar room bet remember: Approx 1kg of grapes = 1* 750ml bottle of wine. So 1000kg (1ton) = 1000 bottles (approx 84 dozen)ContinueContinue reading “How many grapes are in a bottle of wine?”

Anne asks why is there the red grape Pinot Noir in my white sparkling?

After recently recommending a sparkling wine, I was asked how you can have white bubbly made from the red Pinot Noir grape? Very valid question with an answer that touches on the basis of winemaking: different grapes are different colours, as we know, but that colour is only skin deep. The juice inside any redContinueContinue reading “Anne asks why is there the red grape Pinot Noir in my white sparkling?”