Punters understand that wine is crushed grapes. In fact a punter of our acquaintance is wont to exclaim  "hmmm crushed grapes" at every tasting he attends. To us this never stops being funny - it must be the way he says it.  Anyway this got us to a-thinkin' - are there differences in the way grapes are crushed as part of the winemaking process and if so does this matter? The answer is yes as Dave Cush from Spring Vale Wines explains in this podcast.

Crushing grapes podcast
crushed_grapes.mp3 (2.7 mb,  2:58 min)	Hear Dave Cush describe the effect of whole bunch pressing versus crushing on the taste of wine. We also find out what happens to all the left overs.

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