09/07/2026
Like the old saying goes, when you find yourself with lemons, make lemonade! We don’t have lemons but a canceled order left us with 400 lbs of Sauvignon Blanc grapes, so Matt decided to try something different. Most white w**es are made by squeezing out the grape juice, discarding the skins, and then fermenting the juice. However, many varietal aromas are located in the skins themselves, so sometimes a w**emaker will choose to do pre-fermentation skin contact. You simply crush the grapes, let them sit for a time, maybe 24 hours, and then press out the juice and ferment it, hopefully extracting more of the flavor compounds. So we did that. Matt has some other ideas for this batch including a bit of oak contact. Check it out for yourself when you come for your third w**emaking session in February.
