Those big juicy grapes that we "mangled" last week have spent a week fermenting and today went through the press. Every morning we stir the buckets of brewing grapes as the grapes float to the surface and form a kind of crust, on pressing day we don't stir but find it quicker to scoop off the grapes, pour the liquid - plus any grapes that we've missed - through the press until it's full, then squeeze. When I say squeeze, I don't mean that really, there are wooden blocks that fit in the press and a handle with a ratchet that gives the necessary pressure to force out the juice. Then add more grapes or liquid and squeeze again. We can press out 6 buckets of fermented grapes at a go, what is left is a very dry 4 inch thick lump which goes up to the compost.
The end result today is almost 70 litres of white wine - or potential wine. It needs to finish fermenting, settle, be siphoned separating the wine from the sediment, mature - possibly -
And then drink!
Tomorrow more juicy white ones, and maybe juicy blush ones too.
Monday, 14 October 2013
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