🌿 Grape
The berries of the grapevine, whose juice becomes wine, juice and raisins.
Grapes are the berries of the grapevine. Wine and juice are made from their juice, and dried berries become raisins. The berries grow in bunches on a vine cultivated in a vineyard. Wine is most often made from the species Vitis vinifera.
Berries can be white, pink or dark. They contain sugar, acids and compounds that give colour and flavour. The skin holds pigments and tannins, the pulp holds juice, and the seeds hold oil and tannins. The juice gives must. When yeast turns the sugar into alcohol, the must becomes wine. Variety, soil, climate and the weather of the year change the taste.
Besides wine, grapes are eaten fresh, dried, and made into juice, vinegar, seed oil and spirits. Table grapes are grown separately from wine grapes. In Ukraine grapes grow in the south, including Crimea, the Odesa region and Transcarpathia.
How it connects to Wine
Links
- Next step
- 🌿 Grapevine, 🥃 Grape must
- What is made from it
- 🍷 Wine, 🍇 Pomace spirits, 🥃 Grape rakia, 🥃 Christian Brothers Brandy, 🥃 Cîroc, 🥃 Cîroc Apple, 🥃 Cîroc Coconut, 🥃 Cîroc Peach, 🥃 Cîroc Pineapple, 🥃 Cîroc Red Berry
- Part of
- 🌿 Grapevine
Frequently asked questions
What are grapes?
The berries of the grapevine, used to make wine, juice and raisins.
How are wine grapes different from table grapes?
Wine grapes are chosen for sugar, acidity and juice aroma; table grapes for looks and the taste of fresh berries.
What is made from grapes besides wine?
Juice, raisins, vinegar, seed oil and spirits such as rakia.
What to read next
- 🍇 Pomace spirits — Pomace spirits are made from grape skins, seeds and stems left after pressing: grappa, marc, orujo, tsipouro. At least 37.5% ABV, never flavoured; a name with a place guarantees origin.
- 🥃 Grape rakia — Grape rakia is a Balkan grape spirit: Bulgarian grozdova from wine, loza and lozovača from whole grapes, komovica from pomace. From 37.5% ABV; grozdova from 40%.
- 🥃 Cîroc — Cîroc is a French vodka made from grape spirit (chiefly Ugni Blanc), not grain. Created in 2003 by Jean-Sébastien Robicquet; owned by Diageo; 40% ABV (80 proof) for the classic version.
- 🥃 Georgian brandy — Grape brandy from Georgia: wine distillate aged in oak, at least 37.5% ABV by Georgian law; the best-known producer is Sarajishvili of Tbilisi, founded in 1884.
- 🥃 Cîroc Apple — Cîroc Apple is an apple-flavoured Cîroc vodka with faint vanilla notes, 37.5% ABV (75 proof) per Difford's Guide; released in November 2015. Made from French grapes.
Similar
🌿 Vitis riparia · 🌿 Vitis rupestris · 🌿 Vitis amurensis · 🌿 Vitis berlandieri · 🌿 Grape leaf · 🌿 Grapevine roots