2017 Merlot

This year I have a photo of the very plain and today, very busy grape business, California Wine Grapes on Fort Street in Detroit. They are very busy for 4-6 weeks a year. Not sure what they do the rest of the year.

They have two large refrigerated rooms with wine grapes in them. They one large grape crusher where they crush grapes for customers. The also have a backroom where they ferment wine in barrels and 45 L demijohns. Not sure who that wine is for.

When I got, I walk thru the coolers tasting the candidates. The best tasting grape I found was this Merlot


2017 Merlot Recipe

108 lb Merlot grapes (Colavita, Stockton CA)
4 g pectic enzyme
11 g yeast energizer
Premier Red yeast from Red Star