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WHITE WINE FERMENTATION
The GOfermentor JR can also be used to make white wine from suitable grapes. It turns what is typically a very
messy, sticky process into a quick clean operation. With white wine, you need to press the grapes and collect the
juice for fermentation leaving behind the skins and seeds. You use the GOfermentor JR for the pressing operation.
You can use another GOfermentor JR to collect and ferment the clarified juice or any suitable fermentation vessel
such as a carboy with airlock.
PREPARATION
Place the 3 rubber bellows and prepare the fermentation liner inside the rubber bellow as described for red wine.
Fill the fermentation liner with grapes and crush manually if desired. Close the open end with a hose clamp as for
red wine, but try to vent out as much air as possible.
You can press out the juice right away or you can let it cold-soak for a period of time. This is where the artistry and
experience comes in.
PRESSING OUT THE JUICE
Unscrew and remove the pressure relief valve. Screw in the press tube fitting into this port. Connect the press
tubing to a vessel suitable for the fermentation of the juice. You can use another GOfermentor JR, carboy, plastic
pail, or fermentation liner. Just make sure your fermentor has a suitable airlock to permit fermentation gases to
vent, but not allow air in.
Secure the cover firmly using the clamp. Verify that it is aligned correctly and secure.
Clamp should be flush all around the drum edge
Handle should fold
against the drum edge
Locking tab rotates
downwards and locks
