Home | Sitemap | RSS Feed | Bookmak Us
You are: Home>wine>
Here are some friends with simlar question as we.And I have this question for many days,anyone help us?
Kitty said: Yes.Wine fermentation?-I try seach this on internet but no results found.Maybe this is a stupid question.
Mike said: oh,no,you are wrong.I have found as below for this question(Wine fermentation?),it will help you,my kids.


I'm growing my own vines of wine and was wandering waht the general process is from here to get a good yield. Please dont say anything about crushing them barefoot in a barrel-hehehe.

Answers:
Do you know what variety of grape you are growing?!

Start with good grapes

The best grapes to use for winemaking are known as vinifera grapes. These include popular varieties like cabernet, chardonnay and merlot. These grapes grow best in cooler climates. The quality of the resulting wine depends in part on the soil and weather conditions where the grapes were grown. Muscadine grapes, which grow in the South, can also be used, but these grapes tend to produce only sweet wines.

To make wine, first grow grapes until they are ripe. Ripeness can be judged using the Brix scale, which rates a grape's sweetness. You can also wait for the grape's moment of physiological ripeness by taking into account how ripe its seeds and skin are based on color or other attributes.

After picking the grapes, remove and discard the stems and crush the grapes to release the must. For making white wines, press the juice off the skins.

The fermentation process

In the second step of how to make wine, it is best to allow the juice to rest under refrigeration to prevent fermentation. This maceration period helps extract the maximum quantity of flavor compounds from the skins.

After the resting period, induce fermentation by introducing a yeast culture. Never allow wild yeast to ferment the wine naturally as this can ruin the fermentation.

Put the wine in a food grade container and keep it in a cool ventilated location. The container must have a way for the carbon dioxide produced by the yeast to escape. Home winemakers often use carboys for this purpose. Commercial winemakers use stainless steel containers.

While fermentation is active in a red wine, the seeds and skins will rise to the top of the container. This cap needs to be kept wet with fermenting juice for maximum extraction. To accomplish this, punch down the cap at regular intervals.

For red wines, separate the juice from the skins, seeds and fruit pulp. This may be done at various points, usually at the end of tank fermentation.

Either during alcoholic fermentation or while the wine is in storage, you can induce malolactic fermentation. Many reds and some whites undergo this process to convert sharper malic acid to softer lactic acid.

Cheers!


Read this: All the information of cooking and health post by website user,chineseop.com not guarantee
correctness,It's Non-profit and only for informational purposes.