The Wine Making Journey

May 10
09:17

2008

Matt D Murren

Matt D Murren

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Since the color contained in wines comes from pigment of the grape skin the skin is allowed remain with the pulp of the grape during the wine making f...

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Since the color contained in wines comes from pigment of the grape skin the skin is allowed remain with the pulp of the grape during the wine making fermentation process.  After the harvest is over,The Wine Making Journey Articles the grapes are crushed and fermented.  For red wine, the skins are left th ferment with the pulp of the red or black grapes.  Rose wines are made form the red grapes while the juice is barely in contact with the red skins and for just enough time for the juice to become a pink color.  White wines can be made from the skins of red grape if there is only a small amount of contact made between the two.  The white wines are generally made with white grapes.  Rose wines are generally made by adding red to it wine after it is already finished. 

Primary fermentation can continue from one to two weeks while sugar is converted into alcohol.  After the juice has taken time to ferment it is transferred from the primary vessel to a secondary vessel where any remaining sugar is turned into alcohol.  At this point, clear wine is produced.  Her oak barrels come into play when they are filled with wine to begin the aging process.  The Beaujolais nouveau, with it’s easy drinking - fruity taste, is best when drunk early on.  Most Chardonnay wines are best if they are drunk when they are young.  Most of the more expensive wines are made to age for many years before they are consumed.

The quality of the grapes helps to determine the quality of wine that is produced.  In the wine making process the quality of the grape plays a larger determining role than any other factor does.  Also contributing to the quality of the grapes is the weather.  The weather conditions have control over the way the grapes are grown.

Grapes are basically harvested between early September and the start of November in the northern hemisphere and from th middle of February up until the beginning of March in the southern hemisphere.

The step of the wine making process called grape harvesting refers to the picking of the grapes.  They can either be harvested by hand or by machinery; it is up to the discretion of the wine maker.  The decision of the wine maker is usually determined by other factors such as the weather and the condition of the grapevine, among other considerations.  Through mechanical harvesting a larger area of the vineyard can be harvested in a lesser amount of time.  It also takes fewer people to complete the task.

To crush grapes in a small wine making establishment the barefoot method is used to stomp the grapes.  The stems are also dislodged from the grapes through this process.  The bigger wineries use mechanical means to crush and de-stem the grapes. 

These are just a few examples of the many duties involved in wine making.        

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