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- noun Plural form of
fermentation .
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Examples
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Red wines are made with the skins … material on the skins is directly contributed to the wine (this is from where some of the yeast for “natural” fermentations comes).
Rocks for shocks: geologists don’t “debunk” terroir; minerality questioned | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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Some of the viticulture and winemaking techniques required; which are both time consuming and meticulous, are intimate knowledge of the vineyard by spending time with the vines and the grower throughout the seasons, hand-sorting, lees management, barrel and hand-punched down open-top fermentation using indigenous yeast, and unhurried, often delayed fermentations that don't allow for early sulfur additions.
Brad Haskel: Defining Artisanal Wine: 5 Wine Pros Try Brad Haskel 2011
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Because there are effectively 97 winemakers/owners here, however, the Vines of Mendoza created 161 smaller fermentations in 2011 alone.
Owning a Piece of the Vineyard Heidi Mitchell 2012
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Amines are indeed the product of bacterial infections that seem to happen in conjunction with malo-lactic fermentations.
Wine, allergies, histamines and sulfites - reactions from an allergist | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010
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Some of the viticulture and winemaking techniques required; which are both time consuming and meticulous, are intimate knowledge of the vineyard by spending time with the vines and the grower throughout the seasons, hand-sorting, lees management, barrel and hand-punched down open-top fermentation using indigenous yeast, and unhurried, often delayed fermentations that don't allow for early sulfur additions.
Brad Haskel: Defining Artisanal Wine: 5 Wine Pros Try Brad Haskel 2011
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A winery of this size—producing 180,000 bottles a year—would typically make 10 fermentations types of wines, she tells me.
Owning a Piece of the Vineyard Heidi Mitchell 2012
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You have to throw away a lot of foreshots, and you have to permit slow, low alcohol fermentations if what you want is good booze.
CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010
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You have to throw away a lot of foreshots, and you have to permit slow, low alcohol fermentations if what you want is good booze.
CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010
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You have to throw away a lot of foreshots, and you have to permit slow, low alcohol fermentations if what you want is good booze.
CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010
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"We did 150 separate fermentations of pinot noir last year, which allowed us to pick when the grapes were ripe rather than when a tank was available," Adelsheim said.
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