{"id":139055,"date":"2022-09-20T20:45:10","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T20:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/news\/clemens-fermentation-vessels"},"modified":"2022-09-20T20:45:10","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T20:45:10","slug":"clemens-fermentation-vessels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/news\/clemens-fermentation-vessels","title":{"rendered":"Clemens: Fermentation vessels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winemakers have a choice of fermentation vessels &#8212; wood, stainless steel, and concrete. What is the difference between them?While there are various variables, here is a general overview:&#8226; Wooden wine barrels have been used for at least 2,500 years. The barrel we know today likely was developed by the Celts around 350 BCE. The Romans copied and improved the design and put them in common use by the 3rd century.Wood barrels typically are made of oak, but can be made from other wood. French oak has a tighter grain and impacts wine less than American oak, which imparts more oak flavors. Barrels allow a small amount of oxygen to interact with the wine, a process called micro-oxygenation, and can add additional tannins. New or nearly-new barrels deliver flavors and aromas such as toast, spice, vanilla, cedar, and chocolate, dependent upon the &#8220;toasting&#8221; of the barrel with fire during manufacture.Oak effects become more muted after each use. Many winemakers use a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winemakers have a choice of fermentation vessels &#8212; wood, stainless steel, and concrete. What is the difference between them?. While there are various variables, here is a general overview:. &#8226;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[119,1],"tags":[171,121,6],"class_list":["post-139055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drinks","category-news","tag-drinks","tag-food-drinks","tag-lifestyle"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139055\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}