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Question	Answer
Grapes are harvested	Harvesting
Grapes are crushed. Juice, seed, and skins are put into a tank.	Crushing (Red wine)
Grapes are pressed. Only the juice is kept. Skins and seeds are removed.	Crushing (White wine)
The yeast of the juice starts to turn the sugar into alcohol.	Fermentation
The wine can be put in a barrel to get in contact with the wood.	Ageing
The wine is put into bottles.	Packaging
The wine goes red through the tannins of the skin (for Red Wine). You can make White wine with red grapes since you remove the skin	Red color
To stop the wine from turning into vinegar	Why is sulfite added?
Often use for wine ageing, and for white wine, it can also be used during the fermentation	Oak barrel
Rosé wine is done like the red wine but the juice is taken earlier	Rosé wine
Fortified wine (like Porto wine) are made by adding alcohol at the end to stop the fermentation process	Fortified wine
During the fermentation, gas is made, by blocking it into the bottle with the cap, the gas enters into the wine to turn it into sparkle wine	Sparkling wine
Between 8,5% and 15%	Table wine alcohol level
More than 15%	Fortified wine alcohol level
The type of grapes that can be used to produce wine. There are more than 10 000 varieties.	Vinifera
Colors, aromas, acidity, skin thickness. It makes the wine taste different	Characteristics of grapes
The density of grapes, the number of leafs	Characteristics of vines
Some cheap wines use wood pieces instead of an oak barrel to simulate the wooden taste	Wood piece