Wine Making at Crushpad: Filtering Wine ...

Video Description: Some people insist on filtering, others are proud to avoid it - You decide. Most white wines are filtered prior to bottling, and some reds are. Filtering can clarify a wine so that it sparkles in your glass, but if you filter too heavily it can strip character from the wine. How do you decide what level of filtration, if any, is appropriate for your wine? Well, you ask a guy who has 25+ years experience making that call. Crushpad's Chief Winemaker, Michael Zitzlaff explains your options.

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...