8:17 AM Dec 2nd
• Inquiring Winemaker: Inquiring Winemaker
• by Tim Patterson
• Inquiring Winemaker
• December 2008
• Winemakers Heated About Fermantation
• I got interested in the issue of red wine fermentation temperature a few months back during a casual conversation with Julie Lumgair, winemaker at Windsor Oaks Vineyards in California's Russian River Valley. She mentioned a preference for keeping the peak temperature for most reds down to or even under 80ºF, claiming that it improved the aromatics. That seemed a bit under the orthodox 85ºF target …
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