Wine elaboration
The elaboration of a wine [ Beverage obtained by alcoholic fermentation of grape juice. ] or a fruit wine [ Beverage obtained by alcoholic fermentation of various fruit juices. ] needs several steps:
- Choosing the fruits.
- Collecting the sap.
- Correcting the must.
- Fermentation.
- Correcting the wine.
- Racking.
- Bottling.
- Sparkling wine.
- Keeping the wine.
Some of these steps are sometimes bypassed and the described order is sometimes modified. For example, the pressing is sometimes preceded by a racking; fermentation often starts during the cuvage...