On Thursday we went to  a vineyard they grow grapes and make wine. I’m going to tell you how they make wine. First, they have to grow the grapes but you can’t go find these grapes in the store. Then you have to pick the grapes. Some vineyards pick by hand. Others use machines, it really depends on the vineyard. Then they take the stems off, press the grapes, and clean the resulting grape juice. Then they ferment it by adding yeast. Once it’s fermented, they age it in a oak barrel and then you have wine.   

                 I mentioned the oak barrels well the winery we went to uses french oak. it’s really interesting they actually  mark forest for people to use with wine barrels. each barrels cost 200 hundred dollars I think. another thing about the barrels is that the french oak and american oak are used for different alcoholic drinks. The french is used for wine and the amrican is used for whiskey and stuff. So there are some fun facts about wine barrels.