The rewards and frustrations of home winemaking

Daily archive: 09 06 2009

Battonage on Sauv Blanc Kit

Iโ€™ve been wanting to try some battonage on a wine kit for a while, since I first read about the technique.ย  Battonage basically involves leaving the wine on the fine lees for an extended period of time, and stirring the lees up every few days to extract additional amino acids and mannoproteins from the yeast.ย  […]