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What does fermentation mean?

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  1. (biochemistry) Any of many anaerobic biochemical reactions in which an enzyme (or several enzymes produced by a microorganism) catalyses the conversion of one substance into another; especially the conversion (using yeast) of sugars to alcohol or acetic acid with the evolution of carbon dioxide
  2. A state of agitation or excitement; a ferment.
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This is the heart of the methode champenois process as the second fermentation and aging must take place in the bottle in which the wine is sold.
The mixture is then removed from the fermentation drums whereafter it is placed in distilling kettles.
The trick is to crush the grapes gently, then in short order, rack the juice off to a fermentation tank.
If wines are kept in a warm cellar, an acetous fermentation will soon commence, and the result consequently will be vinegar.
This is probably owing principally to the mucilage contained in the bran, which runs into the acetous fermentation sooner than starch.
Some faulty wines undergo a secondary fermentation in the bottle, due to a small amount of yeast and sugar left inadvertently in the wine.

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