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Racking

06.17.2009

Racking, or moving the wine from one container to another, is performed to separate lees or sediment from the wine.  In some red wine production, the introduction of a little oxygen is also beneficial to flavor and color development. To start, we lift full barrels about 10 feet in the air and siphon the wine into [...]

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