Wine Making at Crushpad: Fining Wine

Video Description: Fining 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 a wine to clean it up if it is cloudy, other times you might wish to soften the wine.

Play

Wine Making at Crushpad: Whole Berries or Split?

Do you leave the berries whole, or do you split them open to allow the juice to start mixing with the skins in the cold soak and fermentation tank? Crushpad winemaker,Kian Tavakoli, explains...

Play

Wine Making at Crushpad: Extracting Color

During fermentation of red wines, the grape skins & seeds float to the top of the bin. How you manage that cap of skins has a big impact on the style of wine that comes...

Play

Wine Making at Crushpad: Fermentation Vessels

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. Crushpad winemaker Chris Nelson explains...

Play

Wine Making at Crushpad: Wine Color

Red wine grapes often go through a "cold soak" prior to fermentation to allow the skins to release the color & flavor compounds that add to our enjoyment. Not all grape varieties need, long...

Play

Wine Making at Crushpad: Including Stemsin a Fermentation

Kian Tavakoli, winemaker for Crushpad, explains when you do and do not want to think about including whole clusters in your...

Play

Wine Making at Crushpad: Acheiving Desired Taste

The amount of alcohol in a wine is a key factor to how you experience that wine. Is there too much? too little? How can a wine with lower alcohol taste like it is strong...

Play

Wine Making at Crushpad: Wine Style

Whether you are making your own wine, or just trying to find the right bottle at a local shop, you need to be able to express to others the style of wine you are looking...

Play

Wine Making at Crushpad: Wine Plan with Tom Leykis

Crushpad's Michael Brill and Mike Zitzlaff are working with Tom Leykis to create a Big Bad Syrah from the Premier Coastal Vineyard in the Santa Maria Valley. Tom wants a big Syrah -- one that...