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I was curious, as I've been making my batches of fruit wine I have to add sugar to it prior to pitching the yeast. I'm curious how much this kind of thing happens in a "professional" winery, etc? I feel like I'm cheating bring the sugar up on the must b/c the fruit itself doesn't have the...

After making two semi-successful batches of wine by following some kits, I've been dabbling with 1 gallon batches of wine using Welch's grape juice. I thought it'd be a much cheaper way to try some new things, and just get more wines under my belt. As I'm making these I have a few questions...

Is it safe to taste the must? And generally when should I or should I not taste my wine during the whole process?

Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but here goes... I am taking my second shot at making some wine... my first was from a kit, that turned out so-so... it is drinkable, but has an odd taste to it, I'm not educated enough in wine and winemaking to describe what's not right, but...