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Turn Grape Juice Into Wine, Conquer the World

By //  by Candace Sampson

For a long time I held the narrow opinion of where good wine should come from; namely the liquor store. I've spent years turning my nose up at "homemade" versions and mostly because I had my share of lousy wines stolen from a friend's basement in my late teens. I can't be the only one who's been exposed to wine that brings tears to your eyes and burns a little on the way down.  Years later when my Dad started making his own wine at a local winemaking store I gave it another …

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