greg did you mean the vitners in Napa/Sonoma use plastic to age their wine ?

i clearly indicated i stored in my wine in glass - and before used oak barrels
maybe they should start aging wine like me.

that way they can achieve a type of wine that tastes even better

not plastic barrels to store the wine.
but for those few days of fermenting wine - plastic barrel works nicely for me,

before we used oak barrels - about 4 feet high each -

we used to use two sets - one set was used strictly for storage of wine
the other set used for the fermentation process.

now the set for the fermentation process - does have number advantages =
but the main disadvantage is every year to re-seal those barrels is a real pain
and not worth the trouble.

thats the advantage of using plastic barrels for the fermentation process.

as i mention in a earlier post - i now used glass demijohn containers to store the wine-
main reason is far easlier to rack the wine, and easlier to clean




Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 07/11/2007 03:47PM by clem ciamarra.