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Wine Making Process
Vinification: The process in which grapes are transformed into wine. The vinification systems differ based on region, financial state of the winery, and type of grape. The region in which the grapes grow determines the harvesting time for the grapes and what type of oak (European versus North American) may be used for aging.
The financial state of the winery controls whether or not the grapes are harvested manually or mechanically, how much the grapes are pressed, and if oak barrels or just oak chips or planks are used to premarket age (before the bottling process) the wine.
The type of grape, destined either for red, rose, white, or sparkling wine, determines the grape juice’s time soaking with its marc (the solid parts of the grape including the skin, seed, and pulp) or not soaking with its marc at all, the fermenting time, and the amount of preservatives added.
Regardless of these factors, vinification includes the following stages:
Planting and Growing Grapes
PLANTING and Growing the grapes in the right environment. Not the easiest fruit to plant, grapevines are known as erratic though after taking root tend to grow tolerably. Certain varietals will take r ... read more
Harvesting Grapes
Harvesting ripe grapes. The harvest season depends on the type of grape and in what hemisphere the grapes are. Usually, one to three weeks after the grapes change color, the grapes can be harvested.&n ... read more
Destemming Grapes
Destemming consists of separating grapes from the herbaceous parts of the clusters and the stems that are unnecessary, though some winemakers keep small fragments of the stems to increase tannin in th ... read more
Crushing Grapes
Crushing the grapes happens in order to extract the juice from the skin before allowing the grapes to ferment. Though traditionally done by stomping on the grapes with bare feet, most wineries now use ... read more
Pressing Grapes
Separating the grape’s juice from the skin is termed pressing. Though after crushing most juice flows freely, some wineries use pressers to ensure maximum release of the juice, even if it compro ... read more
Primary Fermentation
Primary fermentation creates wine’s alcohol. Primary fermentation takes roughly ten to thirty days, depending on how alcoholic the wine should become. Longer fermentation leads to drier wines ... read more
Secondary Fermentation
Secondary fermentation occurs when the wines are put into airtight vessels for 3 to 6 months and any lingering sugars are converted into alcohol. The grape’s proteins break down to create ... read more
Purifying and Refining
Purifying or refining the wine happens after fermentation. Any solid parts left after fermentation that could potentially harm the wine in the future are removed. To remove the sediments, the wine ca ... read more
Preserving
Preserving the wine to make it last is imperative for selling wines. Wine can be preserved with sulfur dioxide or potassium sorbate, either after purification or sometimes before fermentation for whi ... read more
Premarket Aging
Premarket Aging occurs when the purified wine is relocated to wooden (usually oak) barrels, metal vats, concrete vats, or even sometimes glass carboys where the wine matures further increasing flavor, ... read more
Bottling
Before bottling the wine, more sulfates are added to ensure that additional fermentation will not occur in the bottle. Then, corks or screw caps seal the wine, with an added capsule making this ... read more
Labeling
LABELING wine has become very important in recent years. Eye-catching labels sell wine, regardless of if it is a good wine or not. The cover of a book may be beautifully designed, but not a good ... read more
Storing and Bottle Aging
Storing and BOTTLE AGING wine properly is important in order to uphold its taste and essence. New World Wines (including those from Argentina and the United States) generally do improve with bottle ag ... read more
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