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<a href="http://www.thearticlesense.com/article/A-Simple-Introduction-to-Wine/" target="_blank">Get Paid to Submit Article like "A Simple Introduction to Wine"</a><br /><br />Wine making has been done with just two ingredients for centuries: juice from grapes and yeast. Many fruit juices have been used over the years as well, but grapes are by far the most popular. Yeast creates the wine making magic. Many types of yeast have been grown, many for just the purpose of making wine. Yeast is a living organism that uses sugar from the grape juice for it's energy. This reaction is called fermentation, and is how wine is actually made.<br /> <br /> During the fermentation process yeast spores will multiply rapidly until all of the available grape juice sugar has been consumed. The sugars used during this process are turned into carbon dioxide and alcohol. The yeast will also affect the taste of the wine depending on the variation of yeast used and the temperature used during the fermentation. Once all the sugars have been used the yeast will filter to the bottom of the container used for the fermentation. The wine is removed from the container and stored elsewhere for bottling.<br /> <br /> The color of the wine made is dependent on the color and type of grape used in making it. Did you know that almost all grape juice is almost clear, or maybe a little golden in color, even the black grapes. The wine the wine absorbs the color from the grapes is by soaking the skins in the juice while it is fermenting. You can even make a white wine from black grapes if you remove the skins before the color is soaked out of them. This is how Champagne is made. By raising the amount of time the grape skins stay you will enhance the color of the wine. The longer you leave the skins in, the darker the wine will become.<br /> <br /> Many things influence the taste of wine, even though there are very few ingredients used. Of course the most important is the type of grape used. Every variety of grape has it's own unique flavor, color, smell and texture. Even the condition in which the grape was grown will effect the flavor of the grape, and of course effect the flavor of the wine. The soil and the temperature during the growing season will effects making wine.<br /> <br>Dennis Graves is a well known internet author. He has covered various topics in a wide range of areas. You can find more information about wine making equipment by visiting his new website <A HREF="http://www.winemakingequipment.info">Wine Making Equipment at WineMakingEquipment.info</A> He has also started a new information service with <A HREF="http://www.mr-know-it-all.net">Information on Everything at Mr-Know-It-All.net</A>