How we make Wine

1. 180 pounds of grapes go into the grape crusher and are forced into 55-gallon barrels
2. The crushed grapes rest in barrels for about two weeks.  The longer the hull is left in the barrel, the darker the wine will be.
3. Everything from the barrel next goes into a grape press.  Pumped water forces a bladder in the press to expand and release on the juice.
4. The grape juice is put back in barrels.  The more full-bodies the wine, the less water is added.  Wines are made sweet, semi-sweet or dry according to how much sugar is added here.  Yeast is added to help the fermentation process.
5. After sitting in barrels for a varying period of time, the wine goes to the bottle machine where a stabilizer is added to stop the fermentation.
6. After the wine is in the bottle, the bottle is corked, shrink-wrapped, labeled and sent out the door.
   

Terrie Harrell explains how Bennett Vineyards makes their wine without disclosing family secrets.