Winemaking

Question 1

True or false?

Levels of sorting vary according to the value of the wine and the quality of the vintage.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Grapes for inexpensive wines will not be ___ ____, while grapes for high quality wines will be sorted first by those ____ __ ____ as they pick, by hand on a _____ or ____ ____ or, in very well-funded properties, by ____ ____.
In the very best vintages, even top estates may decide not to sort in the winery because of the uniformly high quality of the fruit and because they have sorted in the vineyard.

Answer 2

routinely sorted,

harvesting by hand

moving or vibrating belt

optical sorting

Question 3

Plot by plot winemaking has been largely taken on by many properties, especially high quality producers.

What is the advantage of plot by plot wine production?

What costs does plot by plot wine production incur?

Answer 3

Optimum ripeness.
picking individual plots for optimum ripeness and then making separate small lots of wine with those grapes.

This also requires more smaller vessels to be available in the winery, adding to cost but
producing higher quality.