Shepard first ordered warning shots fired over the approaching Shaysites ' heads, and then ordered two cannons to fire grape shot at Shays's men.

He advanced the batteries into grape shot range, unlimbered the guns, and opened fire.

In the face of this terrific blizzard of lead, the Austrian III Armeekorps of Johann Kollowrat halted and edged back out of grape shot range.

British casualties mounted as the Maratha guns turned their attention to the infantry and subjected them to a barrage of canister, grape and round shot.

The soldiers were therefore ordered to fire a carronade ( a small cannon used for firing salutes at the settlement ) in an attempt to disperse the aboriginals ; it is not known if this was a blank round, although some allege grape shot was used to explain an alleged but uncorroborated high figure of deaths.

In 1793, the National Arsenal contained brass ordnance, howitzers, traveling carriages, shot strapt, canisters filled, quilted grape, iron shot, shells, powder, musket ball, cylinders, caps, paper cartridges, fuzes filled, muskets, swords, various military stores, and implements.

Cannons would fire solid shot to attack enemy artillery and troops at longer range and switch to grape when they or nearby troops were charged.

At the Battle of Vinegar Hill the British used grape shot to kill hundreds of routed Irish rebels.

During the confusion, the Patriot militia and battery were active, raking the scurrying British crews with musket fire and grape shot.

When the enemy was seen rallying their last 24-pounder, the order was given to advance, and Lieutenant Havelock immediately placed himself, on his horse, in front of the centre of the 64th, opposite the muzzle of the gun and moved on at a foot pace, in the face of shot and grape fired by the enemy.

By 19: 00, with Ceylon damaged so severely that she could no longer effectively sail or fight, third officer Tristam Fleming hauled the ship out of the battle line and ordered his crew to cease firing: Meriton and his second officer Thomas Oldham had both been seriously wounded by grape shot.

When the full force of the British column was brought to bear on the Shah Najaf, the sepoys responded with unrelenting musketry, cannon grape shot and supporting cannon fire from the Kaisarbagh as well as oblique cannon fire from secured batteries north of the Gumti River.

Gen. George Crockett Strong was mortally wounded in the thigh by grape shot while trying to rally his men.

Although the bulk of the rebel army escaped, many were left behind and killed in the rout phase of the battle, from both cavalry and infantry attack, but also from the advanced field guns which were switched to grape shot to maximise casualties.

Disciplined Volley fire and flanking cavalry action combined with withering grape shot delivered from a 6 pounder cannon drove the rebels to within graveyard walls at the summit.

Their seizure of the gun was the signal for the British counterattack, which began with a barrage of canister and grape shot, and was followed by an infantry charge.

Wayne reformed his line, ordered his artillery to fire a blast of grape shot, and then had the line charge the numerically overwhelming British with bayonets fixed.

This is the cross section shot of a grape shot on a Nikon E4500 using natural window light.

Her hair was the color of those blooms which in seed catalogues are referred to as `` black '', but since no flower is actually without color contain always a hint of grape or purple or blue -- he wanted to draw the broad patina of hair through his fingers, searching it slowly for a trace of veining which might reveal its true shade beneath the darkness.

By the eighteenth century, Chianti was widely recognized as a red wine, but the exact composition and grape varieties used to make Chianti at this point is unknown.

The bread and " fruit of the vine " indicated in Matthew, Mark and Luke as the elements of the Lord's Supper are interpreted by many Baptists as unleavened bread ( although leavened bread is often used ) and, in line with the historical stance of some Baptist groups ( since the mid-19th century ) against partaking of alcoholic beverages, grape juice, which they commonly refer to simply as " the Cup ".

In the United Methodist church grape juice is used instead of wine.

Unleavened bread and unfermented ( non-alcoholic ) grape juice is used.

For alcoholics, but not generally, it allows the use of mustum ( grape juice in which fermentation has begun but has been suspended without altering the nature of the juice ), and it holds that, " since Christ is sacramentally present under each of the species, communion under the species of bread alone makes it possible to receive all the fruit of Eucharistic grace.

Exclusive use of unfermented grape juice is common in the Churches of Christ, Baptist churches, and other independent Protestant churches.

Although grape brandy is most commonly added to produce fortified wines, the additional alcohol may also be neutral spirit that has been distilled from grapes, grain, sugar beets, or sugarcane.

It is produced by adding alcohol to non-fermented or partially fermented grape juice.

The addition of alcohol stops the fermentation and, as a consequence Mistelle is sweeter than fully fermented grape juice in which the sugars turn to alcohol.

Regardless of the grape, fermentation is stopped by the addition of up to 10 % of a 190 proof ( 95 %) grape spirit.

A grape is a fruiting berry of the deciduous woody vines of the botanical genus described as Vitis.

Thus it has been proposed that Syrah red wine is named after Shiraz, a city in Persia where the grape was used to make Shirazi wine.

In the wine industry, grape juice that contains 7 – 23 percent of pulp, skins, stems and seeds is often referred to as " must ".

In North America, the most common grape juice is purple and made from Concord grapes while white grape juice is commonly made from Niagara grapes, both of which are varieties of native American grapes, a different species from European wine grapes.

Concord is a variety of North American labrusca grape

Approximately 71 % of world grape production is used for wine, 27 % as fresh fruit, and 2 % as dried fruit.

This amount of carbohydrate is contained in about 3-4 ounces ( 100-120 ml ) of orange, apple, or grape juice although fruit juices contain a higher proportion of fructose which is more slowly metabolized than pure dextrose, alternatively, about 4-5 ounces ( 120-150 ml ) of regular ( non-diet ) soda may also work, as will about one slice of bread, about 4 crackers, or about 1 serving of most starchy foods.

Haggis-maker MacSween conducted a taste-test which indicated that whisky is a proper accompaniment, and adds that lighter-bodied, tannic red wines, such as those made from the Barbera grape, are also suitable, as are strong, powerfully flavoured Belgian beers, such as Duvel and Chimay Blue.

Merlot is a darkly blue-coloured wine grape, that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines.

Mondeuse Blanche is a white grape variety cultivated in the Savoy region, and is still found in very small amounts in that region's vineyards today.

As the name suggests, this is a red-skinned clone of Riesling ( a skin colour commonly found for e. g. Gewürztraminer ), but not a dark-skinned clone, i. e., it is still a white wine grape.

In the late 19th century German horticulturalists devoted many efforts to develop new Riesling hybrids that would create a more flexible, less temperamental grape that could still retain some of the elegant characteristics of Riesling.

Bull planted seeds from wild Vitis labrusca and evaluated over 22, 000 seedlings before finding what he considered the perfect grape, the original vine of which still grows at his former home.

While the appearance of Californian varietal Malbec is increasing, the grape is still most widely used for blending.

The village is known as the " Grape Juice Capital of the World " because it lies roughly in the geographical center of of vineyards, most of which are the Concord grapes from which grape juice is produced, for years was corporate headquarters for the Welch's Grape Juice company, and is still home to a Welch's processing plant and other grape-related manufacturers.

The grape is still being actively grown in Portugal's Alentejo region where it prized for its good color, fruitiness and tannin levels.

In California the grape was popular among home winemakers during Prohibition and still grown today in Napa and Sonoma counties.

The grape is still popular in North Africa in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.

If only one gene had been mutated, most grapes would still be red and we would not have the more than 3000 white grape cultivars available today.

A positive characteristic of the Riesling grape is that despite less than perfect ripeness it can still create a wine of finesse and elegance that would escape most other grape varieties.

This method ( known as passito ) produces more concentrated grapes that still maintain the acid balance of a cool-climate grape.

The grape is mostly planted in its ancestral home of Georgia though there are still sizable plantings in other Eastern European countries like Russia, Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania, Macedonia, Azerbaijan and Ukraine.

Today it is still among the permitted white grape varieties in Bordeaux wine, and in Gascony for Vins de Pays Côtes de Gascogne and the white Floc de Gascogne.

The wild progenitor of the muscadine grape still grows freely in southeastern USA.

The grape was introduced to America, possibly as seeds, by the Spanish Conquistadors in the 17th century, where it has largely retained its genetic identity and still strongly resembles its Spanish ancestors.

Carbonic maceration ferments most of the juice while it is still inside the grape, although grapes at the bottom of the vessel are crushed by gravity and undergo conventional fermentation.

While far from its early to mid-20th century prominence, the variety continues to play an important role in the Armagnac region and, as of 2005, the Bureau National Interprofessionnel de L ' Armagnac ( BNIA ) reported that the grape variety was still used in the production of nearly half of all Armagnac.

Hoag tells the couple to leave the city, not stopping to talk to anyone on the way, places one last grape in his mouth, and then becomes still.

As referenced above, the grape can still be found in South Africa and Chile.

Further, this grape is very resistant to drought and the base buds are fertile and thus resists very short pruning and still have acceptable yields.

Despite this close association with Murviedro and Mataró, the grape became known in Spain as Monstrell for reasons that are still unknown though Oz Clarke speculates that a " neutral " name may have been chosen so as not to offend the local pride of both regions.

Alcohol is added to the must to halt fermentation while sugar levels are still high, preserving the natural sugar of the grape.