08 France Champagne Road Trip - Champagne making
Garro Ho, Alan Wong, Julie Britto & Milly Chan
11/17/2008 & 11/21/2008

garro@garroho.com

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This machine is used to do the 1st step of champagne making .. Pressing.. i.e. making juice out of the grapes The grapes can only be pressed up to five times. The first 2-3 pressings are very light and rapid. The juice that comes from these pressings is used to make Champagne. This is known as cuvee. Any additional pressings results cannot be used in Champagne.
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The tanks used for 1st fermentation after pressing...