arresting fermentation
A technique of preserving RESIDUAL SUGAR in wines by stopping FERMENTATION. There are several methods to arrest fermentation including chilling the wine to the point where YEASTS become inactive and using a CENTRIFUGE to remove the yeast cells prior to completing fermentation.
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bottle fermentation,
residual sugar (RS),
centrifuge
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