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Winemakers Minute : Ep. 25
Knowing the chemical makeup of your grapes on harvest day is critical to getting your wine started properly
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A lot of thought and debate goes into when you pick a vineyard but once those grapes hit the winery, you have to react to what mother nature and the hard working vineyard crew delivered. This means that as a winemaker you need to know the chemical breakdown of a few key numbers for your lot of grapes. Most critical to your initial decision making are the sugar, acid and pH levels. Crushpad Lab Manager Cindy Cosco shows us how we keep up with the flood of grapes now hitting Crushpad.