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In The Winery

The Cleaning Life of

a Winemaker

By: Tom Payette, Winemaking Consultant
T he positive response from the previous cleaning. In successful wineries this is very nearly

article on Cross-contamination has lead to
true.
this article as enforcement to the end goal
of the possible elimination of cross-contamination. This article will broadly cover the cleaning and
If that article was not on your reading list over the sanitation principals that a winery should under-
past few months it may be worth reviewing to help stand in order to keep the winery facility shiny,
understand why sanitation is extremely important. new looking and microbe free. Do recall as well
that pathogens will not grow in wine so all we are
Winemakers often say winemaking is 95 percent doing is fighting off microbes that may affect the

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