Washed Wine Grapes Need To Be Dried

Some vintners believe you should not wash grapes, but for those who do they all agree that washed wine grapes need to be dried. Since 1990 Sonic Air Systems has supplied nearly 1000 blower power air knife systems for drying wine and Champaign bottles prior to labeling, but the video shows the first system we sold for drying the precious contents just after harvest time. Following a low concentration citric acid water wash, removing as much of the water from between all of the grapes is essential for the quality of the fermented delicacy. Sonic’s (3) patented rotary air knives sweep over the bunches many times during the climb up the incline conveyor. The Sonic blower discharges 25,000 FPM of warm blower air which has also passed through a Sonic In-line HEPA filter to maximize effect of clean dry air. The Italian winery who employed this system believes theirs is now the purest result possible. You will have to be the judge.