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Wine Fermentation

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Definition: Wine fermentation is the critical conversion of a grape's sugar content into alcohol by active yeast. The higher the sugar content in the grape the higher the alcohol content in the wine, if there is not vintner intervention. The common form of sugars that reside in a grape's juice are the fairly familiar glucose and fructose.

Technically speaking in alcohol fermentation, sugar + yeast = alcohol, CO2 and heat

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