Garage Winemaking in South Africa Less is More - Cape Wine ...

Table of Contents
1. Introduction
1.1 Brief History.........................................................................................7
1.2 My Story.............................................................................................. 8
1.3 The Garagiste Concept in South Africa...............................................10
2. The Red Tape
2.1 Liquor License....................................................................................13
2.2 South African Revenue Service.........................................................14
2.3 Certification of Wine.........................................................................15
2.4 Integrated Production of Wine..........................................................17
2.5 Biodiversity and Wine Initiative........................................................18
2.6 Ethical Trading.................................................................................. 19
2.7 Wines of South Africa....................................................................... 19
2.8 Wine On Line.................................................................................... 20
2.9 Department of Trade and Industry.................................................. 20
2.10 Trademark...................................................................................... 21
3. Practical
3.1 Your ‘garage’....................................................................................22
3.2 Filling your ‘garage’.........................................................................23
3.3 Grapes.............................................................................................23
3.4 Planting a Vineyard.........................................................................24
4. Making Wine-An Example
4.1 When to Pick..................................................................................26
4.2 Transporting Grapes.......................................................................26
4.3 Crushing..........................................................................................27
4.4 Addition/Acid Adjustment..............................................................27
4.5 Soaking and Fermenting.................................................................28
4.6 Pressing.......................................................................................... 30
4.7 Malolactic Fermentation.................................................................31
4.8 Oak Maturation...............................................................................31
4.9 Analysis...........................................................................................33
4.10 Garagistes Winemaking Examples................................................34
4.11 Major Winemaking Problems.......................................................38
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