Tag Archive 'racking'

Sep 06 2008

The Importance of Racking

Published by Jack under Wine Making Steps

The process of racking involves siphoning the wine away from the sediment. Sediment is primarily comprised of inactive or dead yeast cells. While yeast is beneficial to the must in the beginning, over time it becomes multiplied many times over. As each new generation of yeast is produced, older generations die off. Most of what [...]

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