Saturday, June 4, 2016

Use Only High Quality Wine Making Supplies

By Kevin Campbell


Wine is considered as one of the most elegant and sophisticated drinks, the drink that has been shared through the ages at every special occasion to date. Some are willing to indulge their taste buds by purchasing only the best wines regardless of the price, while others prefer home brewing after purchasing all the essential wine making supplies. Whatever your taste, any meal will go down better with a lovely glass of wine.

A good glass of wine starts with using only the best grapes. Some people believe that the love and care that goes into nurturing a vineyard will have a tremendous affect on the quality of the grapes produced. The best quality grapes are naturally grown and then carefully sorted to ensure that the sweetest and most luscious grapes are chosen. Perfectly timed picking is also key to producing the sweetest grapes.

The juice can then be squeezed using either large industrial presses or more traditionally, by hand. When hand squeezed imperfect grapes are more likely to be easily noticed and discarded to ensure that they do not leave a bitter taste in the beverage. It is for this reason that top quality wines are known for avoiding the use of industrial presses, and also for producing the sweetest wines.

If you choose to brew your own, you will then have to decide on the recipe that you would like to follow to create either Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Chardonnay or Pinot Noir. You may choose rather to be completely creative in brewing by using your own personal and unique recipe. If you research the possible recipes online you may find recipes that claim to be the original recipes of some of the more favored and expensive wines. These however, are likely to be imitations as true master vintners will never reveal their secrets.

Large paddles are then used to mix the juice to ensure an evenly dispersed mixture. When home brewing, you may find that each particular batch despite following the same recipe will have a markedly distinct taste from the next. This is a result of small quantities being mixed at one time. Each vintage of the top makes of this beverage are brewed and mixed using a number of incredibly large vats to ensure that a consistent flavor is spread throughout.

The maturation process is perhaps the most vital element in good wine making. Novice makers will allow it to mature in their bottles. Most upmarket wines are known for their rich woody tastes as a result of being stored for maturation in wooden barrels. Some vintners are even quite particular about the type of wood that is used for storage to ensure that their specific taste is achieved.

While this process of bottling has little to do with the eventual taste of the beverage the size, shape and color of the bottle an more. The brewing is not the only art involved, as it is bottled to add to its beauty and splendor too. The type that is shelved in your home should make its presence known by the way it is displayed so that the allure of its taste is captured even before uncorking.

Finally the beverage is corked using a corking tool. The art of making these drinks is truly an interesting and beautiful process worth learning about, witnessing or even trying for yourself. Get your hands on some proper supplies and finish your day with some delectable home brewed drinks.




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