The origin of Wine dates back to as far as 6000 BC. They were initially stored in jars But now it’s in bottles. The basic principles of winemaking remain the same. wine grapes grow best in temperate climates. But if grape vines are well protected, they can survive severe and harsh winter. The riper the grapes, the sweeter the wine, so growers waits a long while before harvesting their crops.
• The grapes are gathered by hand, and the bunches are being cut off with shears to avoid tearing the plant.
• Generally for red wine, winemakers uses the entire red grape juice skin even the seeds but for white wine, they use just the juice of white grapes. Also, the quality of the grapes is what will ultimately determine the quality of the wine when finished. Grape fruits can be affected by weather, soil conditions, and so on.
• The Grapes go into the crusher, then into the presser, which squeezes out the juice.
Inside the winery. The result of all that crushing and pressing ends up in large stainless steel tanks.
• The winemaker adds yeast to make the sugar in the grape juice ferment into alcohol.
• winemakers constantly experiment with fermentation to try to improve the quality of their wine. They take samples of grape juice and mix them with different types of yeast.
•They hydrate the yeast with a bit of grape juice. Then pour the mix into the grape juice sample, then they let it ferment.
The wine should be allowed to ferment for just 10 days at 30 to 35 degrees Celsius.
• During fermentation, the tank is drained to air the wine. The oxygen helps the yeast work faster over the short 10 day fermentation period.
• Then the wine is pumped back through the top of the tank to mix everything thoroughly.
during fermentation, they not only monitor temperature, but also sugar level.
• As the juice mix turns to wine, the sugar level drops and the alcohol level increases. Except for very sweet wines. fermentation is complete when the sugars gone. And the alcohol content is 11 to 13%. For red wine 11 to 11 and a half percent for white and rosy.
• Wine is stored for a few months, then it’s run through several pressure filters to remove any particles.
• Then comes time for bottling. The key in bottling wine is to avoid getting air inside because oxygen turns wine sour.
The colored wine bottles protect the wine from light which can also affect the taste.
It is not only the recipe for watermaking that remains unchanged, Cork has been used to plug wine bottles since ancient times because it creates a tight seal and as a type of tree bark.
Health Benefits
A good Red wine helps Fight against cancer, inflammation, heart diseases. It is also believed it has components that fights diabetes.
It raises good cholesterol and reduces bad cholesterol and also protects arteries from damage