Wine brewing is the process of wine making. Generally, the wine brewing process
consists of four different stages:
·
Preparation
·
Fermentation
·
Aging
·
Bottling
In order to get a brief understanding on the wine brewing process lets examine
the four stages and get the general idea.
The preparation stage of wine brewing is the stage when you decide on
the amount of wine you wish to have at the end of the brewing process. Then you
know the exact amounts of brewing supplies you will need. You will then get all
the necessary wine brewing equipment and products and start making wine.
The fermentation stage of wine brewing is when it's all happening, the
yeast are fed from the sugar and produces energy, fortunately, the by-product
is alcohol, at the end of the fermentation
we will have wine.
The aging stage is when the wine really gets its character; this long process
is basically a second fermentation which is called a "Malolactic Fermentation",
at the end of this process the wine losses its sourness and gets its texture
and clearance.
The final stage is bottling, it concludes our journey of wine brewing. The
reason we want to bottle our wine is because we want to minimize is exposure to
air, one can pour the wine directly from the barrel, however, after removing some of the wine from the
barrel air will soon come in and spoil
our wine. The best way to bottle the wine is using glass bottles sealed with a cork.
Please note that wine brewing process is much more complicated that the
way I presented it, for successfully make wine I suggest you to further read
the more specific posts and articles.
