Our Suggested Ancient Vine Blend: <\/strong><\/h2>\n60% Alicante, 20% Muscat, 20% Grenache<\/strong><\/h2>\n![\"Ancient](\"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/crybaby_grenache-noirg_0818173-e1535384426658-225x300.jpg\" "\\"Ancient")
<\/a><\/p>\npictured above – ancient vine Grenache<\/em><\/p>\nYeast Suggestions:<\/strong> 71B, VRB, and D254.<\/p>\n\n- If you want to make a more fruit forward wine: <\/span><\/em>71B<\/a><\/strong><\/span> is a great yeast for fruit forward wines such as Grenache and Alicante. It helps bring out the fruity aromas Grenache and Alicante are known for.<\/li>\n
- If you want to make a make a wine with a more balanced ratio of tannin to fruit:<\/em> VRB<\/a><\/strong><\/span> yeast is a consistent fermenter that helps bring out the tannins while enhancing varietal characteristics.<\/li>\n
- If want a wine with a balance of fruit and earth:<\/em> D254<\/span><\/strong><\/a> is a yeast that helps develops ripe fruit together with mild spiciness while increasing mouthfeel.<\/li>\n
- *Please note that we always suggest using nutrients and putting your red wines through malo. Click the links below for more information on Musto Wine Grape\u2019s Fermentation Protocols.\n
\n- Making Wine from Red Grapes<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
- Making Wine from Juice<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
- Malolactic Fermentation<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Ancient Grapes Available:<\/strong>
\n– Alicante
\n– Carignane
\n– Grenache
\n– Barbera
\n– Muscat<\/p>\nFun Fact:<\/em> For a grape to be considered an Ancient Vine it must be 75+ years old. To be considered an Old Vine it must be 35+ years old.<\/p>\nFor more information on purchasing ancient vines grapes please give us a call at 877-812-1137 or sales@juicegrape.com.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Our Ancient Vine Wine Grapes come from one of the oldest grape growing regions, Madera County, CA. The grapes were planted close to 80-100 years ago and are being farmed by the 3rd and 4th generations. These are low production and low yield vineyards. They yield 2-4 tons\/acre depending on the variety. These berries are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[415,577,569,571,572,77,574,394,328,206,573,570,576,575],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/crybaby_grenache-noirg_0818173-e1535384426658.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9ZM5f-ub","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1871"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1871"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1880,"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1871\/revisions\/1880"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
pictured above – ancient vine Grenache<\/em><\/p>\n Yeast Suggestions:<\/strong> 71B, VRB, and D254.<\/p>\n Ancient Grapes Available:<\/strong> Fun Fact:<\/em> For a grape to be considered an Ancient Vine it must be 75+ years old. To be considered an Old Vine it must be 35+ years old.<\/p>\n Our Ancient Vine Wine Grapes come from one of the oldest grape growing regions, Madera County, CA. The grapes were planted close to 80-100 years ago and are being farmed by the 3rd and 4th generations. These are low production and low yield vineyards. They yield 2-4 tons\/acre depending on the variety. These berries are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[415,577,569,571,572,77,574,394,328,206,573,570,576,575],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/crybaby_grenache-noirg_0818173-e1535384426658.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9ZM5f-ub","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1871"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1871"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1880,"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1871\/revisions\/1880"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Ancient](\"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/crybaby_grenache-noirg_0818173-e1535384426658.jpg\" "\\"Ancient")
<\/a><\/p>\n\n
\n
\n– Alicante
\n– Carignane
\n– Grenache
\n– Barbera
\n– Muscat<\/p>\nFor more information on purchasing ancient vines grapes please give us a call at 877-812-1137 or sales@juicegrape.com.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"