Homebrew Champagne 164Well P.S. our wine club has a Champagne party every July. Members bring homemade sparkling wine, store bought and in one instance a keg of carbonated white wine. The fellow that...
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Wine grapes in UK 162You are totally incorrect! A mulled wine is something entirely different in its preparation and drinking. It is made from a ready to drink red wine and is NOT part of the process of making...
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As to whether or not the plastic is food grade, let's ot pick the fly sh*t out of the pepper. The wine pbuttes through so quickly that there's no chance of picking up anything foreign. By way of comparison, let me repost part of Lum's famous essay on what's actually in a ton of grapes:
I "sterilized" everything when making wine at home twenty years ago. Now, at the winery, I seldom attempt to sterilize anything. Here is my perspective on wine "bugs."
Professional winemakers always wash their receivers, crushers, etc. before grapes are processed. The pros make sure everything is clean, but they seldom attempt to "sterilize" their equipment. On the other hand, the home winemaking literature is filled with statements such as "...buttemble all the winemaking equipment and sterilize everything with a sulfite solution." Have you ever wondered why the pros seem so indifferent about "sterilizing" their equipment?
On average, a ton of California wine grapes contains seven pounds of dirt, one mouse nest, 247 bees, 198 wasps, 1,014 earwigs, 1,833 ants, 10,899 leaf hoppers and four pounds of bird droppings, more or less. Besides the above materials, the waxy coating on grapes contains a variety of microorganisms. Freshly crushed, grapes contain several non grape substances and many microorganisms, so attempting to "sterilize" crush equipment seems a bit futile.
2 liter plasticPat Kennedy IMHO, you can get away with using your 2 liter soda bottle, but you will get a little flavor from whatever was previously...
I'm sure the plastic is safe, but even if it weren't, it would have a long way to go to match the grapes I made the wine from in the first place.
In fun, Mike MTM, Cokesbury, NJ, USA
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