After the grapes are harvested, when they arrive at the winery, they are put on conveyor belts, where workers pick out unripe grapes and other undesirable foreign particles. To get the juice out of the grapes, they must first be crushed, and then pressed. Usually a machine called a crusher/destemmer will remove the stems and [...]
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A grape is made up of several different parts. Most of the grape is made of water, and this water eventually ends up in the wine. In fact, in ancient times, wine was an excellent source of clean water, which added to its popularity. Grapes also contain sugar, pips (seeds), skin, and pulp. All of [...]
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Winemaking, or Vinification, is the process of turning the harvested grapes into wine. Sometimes the vitculturist and the winemaker are the same person, and sometimes not. You can’t make really good wine from bad grapes, but you can make bad wine from good grapes, so vinification is just as important as viticulture. If the [...]
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