I talk about the dirty job of making wine every season. Other than people in the wine industry, no one else sees all the stuff that gets cleaned every day with brushes, pressure washers, hot water, acidic and caustic liquids. All the public sees is a bottle with a cork in it and a really good looking winemaker (like me) pouring it.
Good looking winemaker...David Scheidt
Behind the scenes of the dirty job of wine making 2017.
After 5 tons of grapes are destemmed, this is what the machine looks like
The shaker table is a tool for sorting grapes. Look at all the debris around the table.
Every nook and cranny must be cleaned after grapes are processed
More debris and MOG, Material Other than Grapes
These jeans will never be blue again.
Compost and more compost of stems and bad berries
Green grape leaves are unwanted and are picked out in the vineyard and the crush pad
Someone has to get in these tanks to shovel out all the must for press loads
Sluggish fermentation? No problems. Adding some still active lees will help finish things off