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Cleaning and Sanitizing Wine Making Equipment – WMA007

Cleaning and Sanitizing Wine Making Equipment

Clean and sanitized equipment is a critical component of making quality wine.One of the most important and time-consuming parts of the wine making process is cleaning and sanitizing. While it seems pretty straight forward at first there are some technical aspects that are important to understand so that you can be sure you’re properly preparing your equipment.

In this episode of Winemaker’s Academy we’ll take a look at exactly what’s entailed with cleaning and sanitizing separately. Also, we’ll dispel some of the confusion that occurs when the term sterilizing is used instead of sanitizing. Continue reading “Cleaning and Sanitizing Wine Making Equipment – WMA007”

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The Differences Between Cleaning, Sanitizing, and Sterilizing

While this may seem like a trivial distinction to make different wine making resources will use these terms interchangeably and it can get confusing.

Cleaning

Simply put, cleaning wine making equipment is to remove dirt and debris. This can be done by using warm water and your hands or a sponge to remove the big stuff. You don’t want to use soaps or detergents as these can leave behind a residue of their own.

What cleaning does not do is remove any micro-organisms. Cleaning by itself is not enough to ensure that you won’t have any undesirable tastes due to rogue micro-organisms. Continue reading “The Differences Between Cleaning, Sanitizing, and Sterilizing”