Viticulture - Grape harvest
6 important questions on Viticulture - Grape harvest
How do winemakers harvest grapes?
What are the pros and cons for the manual harvest?
- PROS: More precise and sort out the grapes by selecting the best ones
- CONS: Time consuming, more expensive and it's often difficult to hire people
What are the pros and cons for the mechanical harvest?
- PROS: faster and cheaper
- CONS: still not as accurate as the hand harvesting. It can damage the grapes during the harvest. Unable to harvest the whole grape clusters but only the individual grapes and this can be a problem if the winemakers wants to macerate the grapes with the stems to make red wine.
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What are the 3 factors that will determine the harvest date?
- Weather conditions
- White or red grape
- Variety of grape
What are the characteristics of the weather conditions?
What are the characteristics of variety of grapes?
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