| LC control no. | sh2009004837 |
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| Topical heading | Racking (Wine making) |
| See also | Wine and wine making |
| Found in | Work cat.: Trasfegas : notas sobre a sua prática, 1948. Oxford companion to wine, 2006: p. 560 (Racking: The wine-making operation of removing clear wine from the settled sediment or lees in the bottom of the container) Lexique de la vigne et du vin, 1963: p. 321 (Racking: Transferring wine from one container to another so that the clear wine is drawn off and the lees are left behind) Britannica online, June 8, 2009 (racking: wine production) Vines.org encyc. online, June 8, 2009 (Racking and the lees: Gravity causes a natural clarification in which the major substances fall to the bottom of the vessel, creating the gross lees, that must be removed because otherwise they will give the wine a bitter flavor. Once the gross lees have settled, racking removes the wine into a fresh container) |
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