Patent ID: 6703055
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: C12G

Abstract:
A process for wine cap management for fermenting grape juice and skins, seeds and stems which forms a cap, which process comprises:positioning a tank having cylindrical walls, an axis, and a bottom so that said cap will float parallel and opposed to said bottom; filling said tank with said grape juice and said skins, seeds, and stems so that said cap will float above an impeller; fermenting said grape juice and said cap in said tank to produce wine having cylindrical walls, an axis, and a bottom; moving said wine radially and axially by periodically rotating said impeller having an axial shaft within said cylindrical tank, wherein said axial shaft is perpendicular to said floating cap; moving said cap radially and axially by fluid force generated by movement of said wine wherein said wine movement is generated by said rotating impeller; and assisting axial flow of said wine with at least one baffle extending from said cylindrical walls toward said axis.