Step 19: Creating the wine gradient

Tutorial: Drawing a Wineglass in Illustrator

Now let's do the wine. We'll use a red gradient, and fill each part separately. Use the color palette (Window > Color, F6) to mix a new dark red color: Red: 104, Green: 0, Blue: 0. Drag the chip to the swatches palette.

Open the gradient palette and then click on the black and white radial gradient in the swatches palette to load it.
Drag the red swatch from the swatches palette to the white gradient stop and drop it on it to change white to red. Then drag the new dark red swatch to the black gradient stop and drop it to change black to dark red. Click on the red stop on the left, look at the location box, and it should say 0%. If it doesn't slide the stop right or left so it does.
Click on the dark red stop at the right and look at the location box and make sure it says 100%. If it doesn't, adjust it.
Click on the midpoint diamond above the gradient ramp and see if the location box says 50%; if it doesn't type 50 in the box and hit return or enter. Drag the chip to the swatches palette so it's available to use for a fill.