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Wine Methodology
Follow the work from fermentation through maturation and the final blend. Browse by cellar task, with vessels and equipment linked where they belong.
Before the cellar: farming & labels
Fermentation, skins & clusters
Wine FermentationHow yeast turns grape sugars into wine.Whole-Cluster FermentationWhen stems and intact bunches enter the ferment.Skin ContactExtracting colour, flavour and tannin.Cap ManagementPunchdowns, pumpovers and the floating cap.Malolactic FermentationA different transformation, often after alcoholic fermentation.
Vessels & maturation
Oak & Stainless SteelCompare two familiar cellar environments.Qvevri & Clay VesselsClay vessels and their wine traditions.Concrete Eggs & Wine TanksShape, material and cellar choices.Aging on the LeesTime with the yeast sediment.Lees Stirring / BâtonnageStirring the lees and the texture it can bring.