We have seen in a previous article the importance for a winemaker to harvest, especially in the production of quality red wines, grapes that have an optimal polyphenolic maturity, evaluating the skin and seeds very well. But why can even 24 hours be important? At the biochemical level, many synthesis and polymerization reactions take place which ...
Very often from the wineries that produce quality we hear about thinning or selection of the grapes, or green harvest. But what are we talking about? It's very important? By grape thinning we mean the timely intervention which involves the elimination of part of the load per plant (bunches) that are cut and left on the ground. It is an intervention ...
Fermentation: FROM GRAPE JUICE TO WINE After harvesting the grapes we obtain the must through crushing or mashing processes. The biochemical transformation process in which all the sugars, or most of them, are converted into alcohol and carbon dioxide is known as alcoholic fermentation. The primary aromas are hidden in the grape and it is the ...