- Cooperating with viticulturists - Monitoring the maturity of
grapes to ensure their quality and to determine the correct time
for harvest - Crushing and pressing grapes - Monitoring the
settling of juice and the fermentation of grape material -
Filtering the wine to remove remaining solids - Testing the
quality of wine by tasting - Placing filtered wine in casks or
tanks for storage and maturation - Preparing plans for bottling
wine once it has matured - Making sure that quality is
maintained when the wine is bottled Today, these duties require
an increasing amount of scientific knowledge, since laboratory
tests are gradually supplementing or replacing traditional
methods. Winemakers can also be referred to as oenologists as
they study oenology - the science of wine. Due to the ties of
England with Bordeaux, vintners were among the more important
people in London during the 14th and early 15th centuries, with
four mayors of London being vintners under the reign of Edward
II. A vigneron is someone who cultiv