All Things Wine — #boundbywine

Maceration? WTF is that!

Maceration sounds a whole lot like massacre doesn’t it? Well it is a massacre.. of grapes - a glorious one at that. Macerate literally means softened by soaking. In the context of wine making, maceration is a vital process used by wine makers to extract aroma, tannins and color from the grape to the wine by soaking grape skin, stem, pulp and seed together. FYI this process determines the tannins (partially) and if the wine turns out to be white , red or pink (like how I would like to see the world).  Grape varietal, temperature during maceration, duration and...

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Introducing BoundbyWine

BoundbyWine is a wine membership that helps you explore your love of wine in a fun and unique way. Find out more about why we even started here!

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