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RE: Good question.

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In Reply to: RE: Good question. posted by R Browne on July 25, 2009 at 01:11:16

Only a couple of things matter...sugar being the most important . Sugar is determined by lots of things: how hot was the growing season, how much water was put on the plant and more importantly when, did the plant have enough canopy (leaves) to get every cluster ripe, etc. If you are buying premium high end grapes that were properly farmed from a good growing area where there is plenty of heat units (I'm thinking WA or CA vs NY) then the determining factor is when you pick.
Now there are ways to adjust and change alcohol, but maybe that's a conversation for another time.
Steve

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