Lecture 9 – let loose the juice
This video is preparing the grapes for fermentation
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Includes harvesting, when, how, sort, crushing, de-stemming, pressing
Fermentable juice aka MUST
Pinot grigio, then chardonnay, then pinot noir, cabernet sauvignon a month later
When to harvest
Grapes are harvested in the early morning
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As early as possible
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Maybe even pre-dawn or middle of the night
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Reasoning behind it is coldest just before dawn
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Once you cut the grapes off, they are dead
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We do not want microbiological activity intervening
This is at its minimum and slowest at dawn
White film on grape is yeast
that is a microbiological organism
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You also have molds and fungus in vineyards, bacteria, viruses, m?
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All of these want to attack our grapes before you cut the grapes off the vine
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Fruit turning brown is microbiological browning which is bad!!!!!
How are we going to harvest
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Handpicking: classical
Benefits
Humans are smart (even the dumb ones). You can teach easily
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- Spring '12
- John Boyer
- Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot, Pinot grigio
