original art © Joe Kazimierczyk

Fermenting

For the non-winemakers looking at this: it probably doesn't look very appealing at this point. But that's what wine looks like at this stage. The liquid has been strained, and the petals discarded. The yeast has been added, and it's busy turning sugars into something better. (Sugar is bad for you anyway.) The bubbles are from the yeast giving off carbon dioxide. It looks cloudy from all the yeast in suspension - they reproduce at a furious rate as long as there is enough sugar to keep them busy. Later, when the yeast die a happy death, they settle the bottom, it clears, and it looks pretty much like any other white wine.