Through empirical observation, people learned that temperature and air exposure are key to the fermentation process. Wine producers traditionally used their feet to soften and grind the grapes ...
The nitrogenous constituents of the grape-juice which remain in wine, after fermentation, are those ferments or exciters of fermentation in the sugar, of which I have already spoken in other letters.
Fermentation and experimentation, like fire and simple tools, are some of the most basic transformative processes that we can use in life, that form the basis of human culture.” Richards has worked at ...
In Bordeaux, where the grape's roots also run centuries deep, winemakers blend Sauvignon Blanc with Sémillon and small percentages of Muscadelle for dry whites and, in the Sauternes and Barsac ...