In the fifth video, it is time for the first racking to get the wine off the gross lees. While I’m racking, I also degas
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How To Make Red Wine From Grapes: Carboy Fermentation
In this fourth video, the pressed wine is transferring to a carboy to complete fermentation and settle out the gross lees. Checkout the entire series:
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The third video in the series focuses on pressing the grapes and collecting the new wine. Check out the entire ‘How To Make Red Wine
Continue readingHow To Make Red Wine From Grapes: Maceration & Fermentation
The second video in the series focuses on maceration and fermentation. Maceration extracts color, body, and flavor while the fermentation turns the grape juice into
Continue readingHow To Make Red Wine From Grapes: Destemming & Crushing
This first video in the series shows the wine making destemming and crushing process done by hand at home; no mechanical destemmer or crusher is
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