Crushpad Winemaker, Kian, explains how grapes are processed once they have arrived at the winery. The grapes pass over the Sorting table, through the Destemmer/Crusher, and into a T-bin, where they will go through Cold Soak before beginning Fermentation. www.crushpadwine.com

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Home winemakers are shown crushing 1000 lbs of 2008 Cabernet/Petit Verdot/Cab Franc at Mann Vinyards in Gilroy, CA.

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Making wine takes many containers and stages of fermentation and settling. Learn what containers you need to make organic wine at home in this free wine making video. Expert: Jeff Belli Bio: Jeff Belli heads his own business, Chi of Me, located in middle Tennessee. Coming from a family with a long tradition in gardening, Jeff is passionate about having a positive impact on Mother Earth. Filmmaker: Doug Craig

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Yeast digests sugars to make alcohol, and many strains of yeast are cultivated for generations for their potencies. Learn how to use yeast for making organic wine at home in this free wine making video. Expert: Jeff Belli Bio: Jeff Belli heads his own business, Chi of Me, located in middle Tennessee. Coming from a family with a long tradition in gardening, Jeff is passionate about having a positive impact on Mother Earth. Filmmaker: Doug Craig

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If you want to make homemade wine, you're going to need some equipment. This video gives an overview of the wine making equipment kits from www.HomeBrewers.com

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During the wine making process, red wine grapes often go through what is called a cold soak period prior to fermentation. This allows the skins to release the color and flavor compounds that add so much to our enjoyment of red wine. Not all grape varieties need, nor benefit from, long soak periods. Crushpad winemaker, Kian Tavakoli explains which varietals you might think about putting through a cold soak, and which varietals you needn't bother.

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During the wine making process, fining wine can be used to clarify and soften wines. Fining is the process of clarifying and stabilizing a wine. A fining agent is mixed in to bind with particles suspended in wine that would make it appear cloudy when poured into a glass. Since fining agents are slightly heavier than wine, the bound particles precipitate out and settle to the bottom of the tank. Sometimes you might fine wine to clean it up if it is cloudy, other times you might wish to soften the wine by precipitating out compounds that are astringent. Most red wines won't need fining but whites benefit from the process so they remain crystal clear as they age in the bottle.

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A full instructional tutorial on how to make 30 bottles of wine in your own home, using the 30 Bottle Winemakers Kit available from www.thethriftyshopper.co.uk - part 3

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Family Wine Making in New Haven, CT starring Ray, Christian, Mike, Paul, Ermelinda, & Graceann

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How to know which grape bunches to collect formaking your own wine; learn more about wine in this free instructional video. Expert: Kálmán Zsolt Bio: Kálmán Zsolt is president of the Hungarian Sommelier Association. He has been responsible for wine production at the wineries of Gundel, a famous Hungarian restaurant, since 1998. Filmmaker: Paul (Leopold) Volniansky

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Home winemakers show fermentation and Pressing

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www.grapegrowingwinemakingtips.com Visit my site to claim your free grape growing, wine making and food pairing mini e-course. I will show you how to Plant, Grow, Prune & Treat your grapes- A checklist for all the tools you need to make wine-A step-by-step guide to the basics of wine making-2 methods for making good white wine-Red wine- whats the difference-Bottling & Racking your wines-Food & wine pairing, which wines go with what foods. Also the one food you should never serve wine with and why! And much much more

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How to treat grapes with sulfites formaking your own wine; learn more about wine in this free instructional video. Expert: Kálmán Zsolt Bio: Kálmán Zsolt is president of the Hungarian Sommelier Association. He has been responsible for wine production at the wineries of Gundel, a famous Hungarian restaurant, since 1998. Filmmaker: Paul (Leopold) Volniansky

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Once the wine has finished fermenting, it is sent to press. The free run wine has been drained from the bin before the pumice (leftover grapes skin) is dumped into the bladder press. The pumice is then pressed at increasing levels of pressure to extract the remaining wine from the grape, without breaking any of the seeds.

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Depending on the style of wine you want to make, and the varietal of grape you are working with, you have a few choices when it comes to fermenation vessels. And when you're working with small batch winemaking, it is critical to make the right choice. For white wines it's important that you ferment in the type of vessel that will help you achieve the style you want. For reds, it's a little more straight forward. Crushpad winemaker Chris Nelson explains it all.

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