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Staggered fermentation
Pino wrote:
> Has anyone ever tried doing a staggered > fermentation for lack of a better term. > For example crush a bushel of grapes, pitch in > the starter yeast, next day add another crushed > bushel and so on until you have the desired > volume. (I usually do 5 bushels at a time). > > In the past I have added 1/2 the grapes grapes > to a fermenting batch without any noticeable > effect. > The possible benefits include: convinience (u > only have to pick a bushel), possibly more fruit > flavours in the wine?, somewhat extended > maceration so more color? .. > > any toughts? > > thanks > Joe Joe, yes I have done this and the resulting wine was fine. |
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