Long Island Community-Made Update: The Pressing
Posted
October 29, 2007 by Lenn Thompson in
News & Events
Yesterday afternoon, several members of the LENNDEVOURS community winemaking project descended up on Sannino’s Bella Vita Vineyard to press the juice from the grapes we harvest a couple weeks ago.
I was upstate, so couldn’t attend, but one member took several photos and posted them.
I’ve heard through the grape vine (awful pun, no?) that there are several different types of oak barrel in play as well as a couple different yeast strains. We’re going to have a lot of options (and fun) when it comes time to blend our wine I think.
We have a really wonderful group of people involved in this project.
Yesterday we witnessed great color and concentration in the fermented juice and barrel samples…
Happy to be a part of the team,
DMcG
Yes, this session was really an eye opener for myself and my wife. So much fun playing with the must and tasting the free run juice. Wow!