Level 4 · Lesson 1
Fermentation — The Main Event
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Glossary
Terms that have earned their place
- Must
- Grape juice and, depending on the process, skins, pulp and seeds before or during fermentation.
- Inoculation
- Adding a prepared microbial culture to help establish a selected population.
- Stuck fermentation
- Fermentation arrested before the intended sugar endpoint.
Keep digging
Sources and further reading
- Ridge — 2023 Estate Chardonnay technical sheet (PDF)
- Ridge — 2023 Estate Chardonnay vintage and winemaking data
Sources support the teaching model; they do not make promotional regional descriptions universal bottle guarantees.