{"id":137,"date":"2011-04-08T08:55:26","date_gmt":"2011-04-08T07:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/?p=137"},"modified":"2011-04-08T08:55:40","modified_gmt":"2011-04-08T07:55:40","slug":"wild-yeast-goes-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/?p=137","title":{"rendered":"Wild yeast goes wild!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hefeansatz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-138\" title=\"hefeansatz\" src=\"http:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hefeansatz-298x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>In order to express the true terroir of our vineyard we do use some  indigenous yeast from the vineyard. This means we have to collect some  of the juice after being pressed and put the juice with out any other  addition in to the warmth, and the warmest place at the moment happens  to be the kitchen. This ideal temperature will encourage the  multiplication of the natural yeast. Once they are going they can get  out of hand and froth away into overflow, as you can see by the picture  &#8211; it simply makes a mess on the floor!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/barrels.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-139\" title=\"barrels\" src=\"http:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/barrels-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/barrels-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/barrels-416x528.jpg 416w, https:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/barrels.jpg 565w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As the Sauvignon Blanc grapes continue to come into the winery today,  they are quickly taken care of and will soon be fermenting in the barrels.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/redwineferment.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-140\" title=\"redwineferment\" src=\"http:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/redwineferment-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/redwineferment-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/redwineferment-416x309.jpg 416w, https:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/redwineferment.jpg 1017w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>This weekend weather permitting we will continue to pick our youngest  Pinot Noir vines. Already we have a tank full of Pinot Noir fermenting. Now we need to supervise temperatures and occasionally cool down a little to prevent stuck ferments.<br \/>\nIt is important that there is no rain for our harvesting of Pinot Noir,  so keep your fingers crossed for us!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In order to express the true terroir of our vineyard we do use some indigenous yeast from the vineyard. This means we have to collect some of the juice after being pressed and put the juice with out any other addition in to the warmth, and the warmest place at the moment happens to be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/picking-crew-banner.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1frvq-2d","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=137"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143,"href":"https:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137\/revisions\/143"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}