Food & Wine

This story follows after Making Wine in My Own Backyard 1 It's noon and I'm heading for the winery to help punch down the berries in the vats of fermenting wine. At this point in the process, the tanks get mixed 4 times a day. Temperature and Sugar (brix)...  

Hi Cazalea, I like your post. What is the temperature and for how long do you keep it i these vans please? Thank you Lenrock

I can tell you what the instructions are but it depends of course on the temperature of the room, and the must (grape juice and berries) when they start to ferment. And the type of grapes and yeast. All this is in Celsius: YEAST Put yeast food into hot wa...  

Thank you. How long time do you keep the berries on it until you take them off? And for second fermentation what is the temperature in the room until you put in the barrel. Lenrock

I can ask him, but you might have to wait a week or two until the grapes are at that point. Much depends on them and how they and the yeast get along. Also, I just checked our weather forecast and it says 30-35 degrees C for the next 3 days! Very hot for ... 

But I prepare for my personal use about 10 to 20 cases and I would like to have an expert oppinion Thank you Lenrock

Three of the tanks are now like clay in color rather than purple. They are cooling down and the sugar levels are 2-3 Brix. They will stay in the bin another day or two until we press them and put the wine into barrels.