Stomp Those Grapes!

September and October are the months when the wine grapes are picked and stomped. The large commercial wineries will use big stainless steel crushers. For me the romance of stomping the grapes is part of my enjoyment of making wine from grapes.

If you choose to make your wine from grapes why not stomp them with your feet? Even if you only do a small bunch with your feet it will be a memory you'll never forget.

Wine grapes really benefit from being stomped by feet. Somehow the compression from our feet bring out the flavor more than a mechanical crusher.

Oh, by the way any germs or fungus from our feet are "killed" during the fermentation process. Alcohol is a disinfectant.