| II-145a |
A05 |
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There have been diseases, but he has not seen any.(23:10”) They would pick the grape in October. They would put them in big vats and they would press the grape with their feet. Later they bought a machine and they would do it at the vineyards. They would take it home and put it in a “zubana” (big barrel). They would mix the red and the white grape. They would check the fermentation and they would take it out in November or thereabouts. Then they would put the must in barrels. They would leave it until the beginning of December with air, and then they would cover it well. In the new moon of March with good weather they would change the barrel. The barrels were of 300 pints as they did not have enough wine to fill a tun (600 pints). As soon as they were emptied they were cleaned and left to dry.Nowadays there is less wine drunk in the houses. The methods of payment have also changed. About wine production at present. |