"Mark" wrote in message

> > I was always under the impression that grapes, left to
> > themselves, will rot and turn into wine.
> > However, a friend of mine recently told me that wine
> > must undergo a very specific fermentation process to make
> > it "alcoholic," if that's the right word.
> >
>> naturally occuring yeasts will turn grape juice into "wine" naturally but
>> it takes skill and finesse to make the alcoholic juice into something
>> that
>> we would call WINE!
>
> So I was correct. If one leaves grapes to themselves, they will
> indeed become alcoholic wine. Would this wine at least be
> edible?

No, I am sorry, your assumption is not correct.

Please read what was written - yeasts will convert the sugars [in grape
juice] into alcohol - however, that is a long way from "left to
themselves, grapes will rot and turn into wine".

Left to themselves (on the vine) grapes with either wither and/or rot - and
will certainly not miraculously convert to Ch. Latour.

Fermentation is an anaerobic process - that is the absence of oxygen.

Under certain conditions, grapes *could* be crushed, bringing juice into
contact with yeast on the grape skin, and ferment, but the result would
never be called *wine* under any stretch of the imagination.

Could this be consumed? Of course !

Would this be enjoyable - only to one who regularly enjoys rotten,
semi-fermented, oxidised fruit.

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st.helier