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Pomace – goat food?

Don Sritong — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:30:00 +0000

This is the pomace from red wine fermentation that is made up of the skins, seeds, stems of red wine. once the juice has been pressed away from these solids, the pomace is sold off to goats farm as feed.

Pressing Off Grapes

Don Sritong — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:29:16 +0000

This is some grapes that have gone through their primary fermentation and are being dropped in the bladder press to remove some additional juice. This “pressed” juice will be handled separately and will generally provide structure and backbone to the final blend.

Hand Punch Down – 2008 Barrel Project

Don Sritong — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:15:04 +0000

Bengi shows us how to do a hand punchdown on some fermenting Zinfandel. The process of hand punchdowns allow for the gentle extraction of color, flavor, tannin and intensity. The caps you must punch through are very thick and require some serious elbow grease.

Hand Punch Down By Darren

Don Sritong — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:05:54 +0000

Darren shows us how to hand punch down some Zinfandel.

More Hand Punch Down

Don Sritong — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:00:32 +0000

Maggie demonstrates how to hand punch down to extract color, flavor, tannin and intensity.

Red Wine Fermentation – Caps

Don Sritong — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:10:52 +0000

The Just Grapes Barrel Project crew learn about red wine fermentation and their thick caps made up of skins, seeds, stems and other solids. The caps is where red wine gets it’s color, flavor and extraction.

Ripeness of Grapes, Seeds and Stems

Don Sritong — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:04:00 +0000

Stuart Ake of Crushpad discussing with the Just Grapes Barrel Project 2008 Crew the the importance of ripeness of seeds and stems in addition to the grapes. Seeds and stems provide tannin. Stuart demonstrates the difference in look and size of grapes like Pinot Noir, Merlot and more.

Just Grapes? Size Does Matter

Don Sritong — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:02:01 +0000

Stuart Ake of Crushpad discussing how the difference of grape sizes, colors, density of cluster sizes and more affect the wine in your glass. This meeting was part of the Barrel Project 2008 when the group was out at Crushpad making their own wine.

Harvest Conditions of 2008

Don Sritong — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:59:14 +0000

Stuart Ake of Crushpad discussing harvest 2008 conditions for 2008 with the Just Grapes Barrel Project Crew. A great vintage for high end Cabernet like the one we are making!