20170119 - LCJ Wine Class (hrb)

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Bryan Stokes, owner, and Noah Whitney, master winemaker, explain the wine making process using a wine kit during the Wine Making Class at Grow Masters on Old Grand Avenue in Gurnee.

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Martha Montemayor, of Gurnee, Brissa Flores, of Beach Park, Yenitza Luna, of Gurnee, and Catherine Quintero, of Waukegan, share a laugh while sampling wine during the Wine Making Class at Grow Masters on Old Grand Avenue in Gurnee.

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Different bottles of wine made at Grow Masters were sampled during the Wine Making Class at Grow Masters on Old Grand Avenue in Gurnee.

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Martha Montemayor, of Gurnee and Tania Flores, of Waukegan make California Moscato wine with the help of Noah Whitney, master wine maker, during the Wine Making Class at Grow Masters on Old Grand Avenue in Gurnee.

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Noah Whitney, (left) master wine maker, has Stephanie Perez, of Waukegan smell the aroma of pure grape juice used to make a Cabernet Sauvignon during the Wine Making Class at Grow Masters on Old Grand Avenue in Gurnee.

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Noah Whitney, master wine maker, lets Stephanie Perez, of Waukegan smell the bag of pure grape juice just used to make Cabernet Sauvignon during the Wine Making Class at Grow Masters on Old Grand Avenue in Gurnee.

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Devy Lee, of Round Lake Beach holds the instructions from a wine making kit as she works with her group to make California Enigma wine during the Wine Making Class at Grow Masters on Old Grand Avenue in Gurnee.

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Noah Whitney, master wine maker, shows the class a bag of pure grape juice used to make Cabernet Sauvignon from a wine kit as Ann and Bob Pliskat, of Wildwood watch him during the Wine Making Class at Grow Masters on Old Grand Avenue in Gurnee.

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Brissa Flores, of Beach Park looks through a refractometer to see the amount of sugar in the California Moscato wine she was making with her group during the Wine Making Class at Grow Masters on Old Grand Avenue in Gurnee.Flores was at the class with friends and family celebrating her thirty-seventh birthday.

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Bryan Stokes, owner, and Noah Whitney, master wine maker, show the class how grape skins are used to make Cabernet Sauvignon during the Wine Making Class at Grow Masters on Old Grand Avenue in Gurnee.

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Bob and Ann Pliskat, of Wildwood enjoy drinking some wine together during the Wine Making Class at Grow Masters on Old Grand Avenue in Gurnee.