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Vinification

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vin·i·fy  (vn-f)
tr.v. vin·i·fied, vin·i·fy·ing, vin·i·fies
To convert (the juice of grapes, for example) into wine by the process of fermentation.
vini·fi·cation (-f-kshn) n.
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Noun1.vinification - the process whereby fermentation changes grape juice into wine
fermenting, zymolysis, zymosis, fermentation, ferment - a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol
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Quality control is already impressive, with separate vinification of small parcels of the best grapes; but in addition, Thomas has effected a more fundamental change in the way they make wine.
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Vinification either involves huge tuns (casks), which are centuries old--the largest holds 10,000 litres--or in much smaller, and younger, casks.
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The village wines have a different and individual structure from the morphology and microclimateswith the wine growing and vinification techniques affecting the style.
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