Winemakers Minute : Ep. 14
All fermentations slow down as they reach their end, and some of those need a little help - find out how we get them to finish
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During fermentation, sugars are consumed and alcohol levels rise. Combined with other byproducts of fermentation, this creates a fairly hostile environment for the yeast culture to finish its work of consuming all the available sugar. Some fermentations need a little help reaching dryness. This is typically done by increasing the health, or volume, of the yeast culture in that fermentation. Michael Zitzlaff shows us a few methods we use to coax these reluctant wines to dryness.