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Grapes should be thoroughly ripe, not just colored. The Concord generally begins to color early; but for wine-making we allow them to hang until mid September, and sometimes into October.
Wine history - The origin of Champagne
Strong men, we know, lived before Agamemnon; and strong wine was made in the fair province of Champagne long before the days of the sagacious Dom Perignon, to whom we are indebted...
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Wine history - Sparkling wines of the United States
From the earliest period of the colonisation of America the vine appears to have attracted the attention of the settlers, and it is said that as early as 1564 wine was made from the native grape in Florida...
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