Friday, June 27, 2014

Essential Tips For Better Winery Sanitation

By Sherry Gross


Many people are actually considering delving into the world of homemade winemaking. While there are those people who are into producing their home made wine and have stayed in this business for a long time, there are those people who are still at the experimenting stage. Being involved in winemaking is actually a good thing.

Regardless of whether you are already in this business for a long time or you are still experimenting, you should know that there is a main issue of concern you have to pay attention to. That issue is the winery sanitation. You have to make sure that you are working in an area where cleanliness is maintained. Otherwise, you will suffer some consequences.

Never compromise the cleanliness of your work area because that will just pose a very real threat to your success in winemaking. One of those threats is that you will just cause diseases or illnesses to those people who drink the wine you produce. If this happens, it will not only affect your reputation but you might get served a lawsuit as well.

Causing illness to those who drink the wine is not the only consequence you will face. There are times when not being concerned with the cleanliness of the work area will lead to the ruin of a whole batch of wine. You will also end up compromising the flavor or the body of the wine you are making. You have to avoid these as much as you can.

In order for you to prevent all of these consequences, then you better go ahead and look for the proper tips or procedures you can follow to ensure the cleanliness of the workplace. You should not find it difficult to maintain the cleanliness of the place just as long as you follow the tips or the procedures. Here are the tips you can follow for that.

First, you should look for a cleaning product you can use for this work. You should be able to find the best cleaning product easily. It does not have to be the expensive one. It does not have to be the one with the most cleaning agent in it too. You can actually purchase the cheapest one for this as long as you know it works.

The best product to purchase is actually one with a cleaning agent called Potassium metabisulfite. This should be helpful for you to clean the product. It is not difficult to obtain this cleaning agent since it can be easily found in the nearby hardware stores. You can even go to the local winemaking supply stores for this.

When using the cleaning agent, it is advisable for you to use it while you are still making the wines. You should not wait after the wine is already produced before you use the cleaning agent. When using the cleaning agent, you better put four tablespoons into one gallon of water. This should be potent enough to use.

You can also use this mixture to help sanitize the work area. You just have to put this solution into a spray bottle. After that, you can spray the work area, the winemaking equipment, and other items for the best results. You can keep your work area clean with just that.




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