Read Yer Bookz, They'z Good Fer Ya

A good librarian checks multiple resources, not just relying on one source for information.  Well thankfully the banker is a reader too, because one of the books I mentioned in the previous blog post gave us superior advice to the wine kit.  I'll tell you what and why.

In the wine ingredient kit directions it mentioned pushing down the top layer and stirring it just once a day for the first week (the Primary Fermentation stage).  In the book The Way to Make Wine: How to Craft Superb Table Wines at Home it recommended, "Punch down twice a day for about a week" (page 8).

Well we decided to go with the book based on the assumption that the kit is going to recommend directions based on what the consumer can get by with to make the wine with minimal effort.  This makes the kit more appealing, being a lower maintenance method.  Kits are made and marketed for people who are either new (like us) or want an easy way to make wine.

But the book's integrity is not relying on consumer comfort, but a consumer who is interested in making the best possible product.  People who buy (and actually read) books are interested in taking the time to learn every aspect of the process.  Trust me, I'm a librarian, I know these two types of information consumers exist.

So here we are,  punching down the top layer back into the juice.

Ms. Peterzberg