vinification
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of vinification
Example Sentences
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Winemakers will only know if they have a sellable product during the vinification process, where they ferment the grape juice, turning it into wine.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2021
If the juice sits briefly with the skins before vinification, it develops a pale salmon color, so let’s call Hoof & Lur a rosé.
From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2020
A countervailing trend had taken hold in Beaujolais in the nineteen-eighties, where the winemakers Jules Chauvet and Marcel Lapierre refused to use commercial yeasts and added little or no sulfites during vinification.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 18, 2019
"People are happy to try new tastes from local varietals of different lands that don't have the same way of vinification," says Sklavos.
From Time ● Jul. 21, 2010
The grapes must get ripe and the wasps be kept off; and then there are problems connected with vinification which I have not yet solved.
From In a Green Shade A Country Commentary by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
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