Cap Management is one of the most important decisions a winemaker makes during fermentation and there are three main purposes for doing so during fermentation: 1) Provide an aerobic environment for efficient fermentations. 2) Help with color stabilization. 3) To keep the cap an even temperature and skin contact for controlled tannin extraction and structure. Either by increasing the frequency of attention or stopping and press off, this practice allows the winemaker to monitor the progress of extraction and a healthy fermentation. Flextank Stacker Tanks are a natural for fermentation and, whether you punch down or pump over, you can management your cap with confidence. These 'do everything' tanks have many features which aid in cap management including: 1) An upper racking port: allows the winemaker to avoid solids and have a clean and efficient pump over that will break up the cap quickly. 2) A lower port which can aid in micro-delestage when used to drain the juice into a sm

Kukkula is looking for an harvest intern. We are on the west side of Paso Robles in the Adelaida District and are focused on Rhone blends that come from our estate grown, dry-farmed and organic vineyard. The internship could begin as early as the 1st of June and likely run into November. Continued full-time employment is possible after the harvest to qualified candidates. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, assistance in the vineyard during the growing season, grape sampling and monitoring to be ready for harvest when most optimal, help with harvesting, processing fruit, pump-overs, punch-downs, delestage, light lab duty (pH, TA, brix and temp), digging out tanks, barrel work, and lots of cleaning/sanitizing.  See more details and apply here:https://www.wineindustry.jobs/jobs/61106589-harvest-intern-at-kukkula

Kirkland, WA – September 22, 2020 Pulsair Systems, Inc. today announces the release of the new micro-cap management equipment. Micro-cap management and mixing Improve infusion of phenolics during primary red wine fermentation and make life easier for the winemaking team using the large bubble, macro-oxygenation process from Pulsair. Pulsair Systems officially releases the portable TM-1501W Kit for any winemakers who ferments in small barrels and 1-2 ton tank bins. The wine air mixing process from Pulsair is an easy-to-use, all-pneumatic process that allows winemakers to quickly incorporate fermenting red wine juice up into the buoyant grape cap. Sometimes referred to as a ‘reverse punch-down’, large compressed air bubbles are sequentially release under the cap to initiate the mixing. The big bubbles pull the wine juice up into, through and over the top of the cap to break up the cap into individually berries and immerse the skins in the juice. By completely mixing