Once grapes, including the skins, are crushed to make red wine, they must be pressed to produce juice. Did you know there are two methods of pressing red grapes - a hard press and a soft press? A hard press is like an Archimedean screw within a tank that aggressively squeezes the juice out. Here metal pushes against metal yielding maximum juice but it may contain bitter components and phenols from the skins. A soft press utilizes a rubber bag within a tank, that when slowly inflated, gently coaxes the juice out. No bitter components are included. The majority of inexpensive and commercial wines are made via a hard press while better wines are generally the result of a soft press. Now you know!
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