Beginner in home made wine from grapes

Hello,

My name is Fred and I'm from montreal Canada and decided to start making my own wine from grapes imported from California. My father has been making wine from grapes for the last 35 years yet I want to make wine by understanding each step and to understand how to improve the final product. Every year around September it's time to purchase grapes that have shipped from california and so it's not fresh from the day probably 1 week old or so. Now I want to know if taking the refractive index is a good option or not. So I need help. I want to make cabarnet Sauvignon or sangiovese.

Thank you so much,

Fred

I'm not much help on the grape wines, but welcome to the forum!!!!

Hi, Fred! I read your post and thought, "Grapes in Montreal?!? I never saw that!" when I lived in Ottawa, but re-reading it makes so much more sense.

Welcome!

Hi JoaniB, well we do have grapes here but not to sure about the quality. I know the majority of the Italian community buy there grapes from California.

Welcome aboard!!!

Simple the better