Barrel Fermentation and Its Benefits

Barrel fermentation is the process of storing grape juice in the wooden barrel during which the yeast turns the sugar in the grapes into alcohol and the juice is converted into wine. Wine is especially fermented in the barrels which are made up of oak as it is composed of chemical compounds like tannin that give wine its vanilla, tea and tobacco like characteristics. This method is mostly used on white wines since white wines do not have the tannins and the white wine can obtain these tannins from the wood which is used to make barrels.