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 time necessary for vinification varies; in good years it is no longer than four or five days, and the future wine will then be at its best with regard to taste, delicacy, and softness.
From The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken by Muskett, Philip E.
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