Also known as charmat, a less expensive method for making sparkling wine. The tank method is used to produce bulk quantities of inexpensive sparkling wines. The second fermentation takes place in a ...

they will die and settle to the bottom of a tank where a winemaker will then separate or "rack" the wine away from the ...

The tube is made from the same stainless steel used for wine fermentation tanks, so it never alters the flavor. A valve controls the rate of flow to regulate the wine's temperature, and the ...

These new linings improved tank maintenance and wine quality but the thickness of the concrete made it difficult to keep a consistent low temperature for white wine fermentation. Today concrete ...

Through empirical observation, people learned that temperature and air exposure are key to the fermentation process. Wine producers traditionally used their feet to soften and grind the grapes ...